Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture

Three Kingdoms and Chinese CultureA multi disciplinary exploration of China's first great classical novel, Three Kingdoms, and its influence on Chinese culture. This is the first book length treatment in English of Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi), often regarded as China's first great classical novel. Set in the historical period of the disunion (220280 AD), Three Kingdoms fuses history and popular tradition to create a sweeping epic of heroism and political ambition. The essays in this

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