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Romance of the Three KingdomsLuo Guanzhong

On the coverGuan Yu Captures General Pang De, Shang Xi, c. 1430

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

14th c. · China · Epic novel · ~1,500 pages

As the Han dynasty collapses, three would-be kingdoms and a host of unforgettable warlords, strategists, and sworn brothers contend for the empire across a century of war, oaths, and brilliant scheming. The foundational epic of Chinese popular history.

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Why read it

A vast tapestry of loyalty, cunning, and battlefield genius that has given East Asia its heroes and its proverbs for six hundred years. The original game of thrones, and still the grandest.

Themes
Setting2nd–3rd-century China

The fall of the Han and the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, an age when the empire shattered into rival courts and a clever strategist or a charismatic general could bend the fate of millions.

About the author

Luo Guanzhong (c.1330–1400) shaped centuries of oral legend and chronicle into a sweeping historical novel that has defined how China remembers this turbulent age.