Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a book with a long and impressive history. Nevertheless, this novel concerning the history of 1800 years ago is still acknowledged as a literary masterpiece today. The novel covers one hundred and thirteen years of Chinese history, starting in 168 A.D. and ending with the reunification of the land in 280 A.D.

Three Kingdoms describes a fascinating dynastic-cycle, the fall of the Han Dynasty under Emperor Ling due to the Yellow Scarves rebellion, the division of the Empire into the three kingdoms – Shu, Wei, and Wu – and the reunification of the empire by the Jin Dynasty.

Chapters

The first eighty chapters of the novel are dedicated to the reign of the last Han Emperor, Xian (A.D. 189-220). It describes in detail the crisis that causes the end of a four-hundred- year dynasty. The Cao family replaced the ruling house of the Liu eventually, when Cao Pi forced the abdication of Emperor Xian.

The last forty chapters deal with the division of the land into the Three Kingdoms or Three Dynasties. We call this the Sanguo period in Chinese. This period ended when the house of Jin finally united the land.

The first sentence of the novel explains the aforementioned Dynastic Cycle: “The Empire, long divided, must unite: long united, must divide.”

Summary

The story begins in 189BC and ends in 220BC, telling the battles and complicated connections among the Three Kingdoms Wei, Shu and Wu. Ts'ao Ts'ao stands for the north power, he holds the Han's emperor at the time, and establishes the Wei Kingdom. In the south, Liu Pei, who once sold fans and shoes, founds the Shu Kingdom because of his Imperial title and reputation. On the other hand, the Sun Ch'uan, head of Wu Kingdom seats in the southeast. A wide array of characters that includes politicians and knights aiding the three rulers is in the story.

In order to consolidate China,Ts'ao Ts'ao makes several battles while the other two men want to strenghten their militay force and and expand their power to be the king of the unified China.