Also known as "San Guo Yian Yi". A historical novel written by Luo Guanzhong. The setting of the story is based on the
3 kingdoms era. The
3 kingdoms were know as "Wei, Shu, and Wu". While
Romance of the three kingdoms focuses more in to the "Shu" side (Liu Bei'
s side), and tends to fictionalize and fantasize them. 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' also views Liu Bei'
s enemy, Cao Cao, as a ruthless, evil tyrant. The novel also weakened and looked down many
non-Shu characters as well
Most of the characters are historical characters from
3 kingdoms, but most of the "historical events" are fake. I'll point out the significant events
- Burning Cao Cao'
s ships in Red Cliff WAS NOT Zhuge Liang'
s idea, IT WAS all Zhou Yu'
s Idea
- Borrowing arrows with scarecrows and summoning eastern wind by Zhuge Liang is simply fictional
- Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei ARE NOT sworn brothers
- Zhuge Liang was more credited as a politican instead of a "military strategist"
- Zhou Yu was never
jealous of Zhuge Liang, AT ALL, he died due to sever illness instead of getting pissed to death
- Guan Yu did not kill Wen Chou and Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong got killed by Sun Jian'
s forces while Wen Chou got killed by Cao Cao'
s forces
- Liu Bei DID owe JinZhou to Wu, Zhou Yu conquered the whole JinZhou after The Battle of Red Cliff AND lend it to Liu Bei
- Diao Chan is simply a fictional character, the
murder of Dong Zhuo was planned by
Wang Yun and Lu Bu
anyway here are the significant ones, i can list more...-_-
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a great novel indeed. But I recommend you to read it as a FICTION, not a HISTORY
BOOK. And plus if you know the
3 kingdom history well you will find this novel pretty biased.
if you want to know more about
3 kingdoms history, read "san guo zi"
