Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four famous classical works in China. The writer is Luo Guanzhong, a famous novelist(小说家) in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. It is the first chapter novel(章回体小说) in the history of China.
It mainly describes the war. It tells the story of the war between the groups of heroes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The most wonderful part is the process(过程) of fighting for the world between the Wei, Shu and Wu Kingdoms. Sima Yan finally unified(统一)the three Kingdoms and set up the Jin Dynasty.
There are five parts and many characters in the book. The writer mixes the thirty-six tactics(计策) of war with the stories, which makes the stories very interesting to the readers. There are around 70% facts but 30% of the story is made up in the book. Some parts such as Guan Yu's weapon(武器) weighing up to 40 kilograms and Liu Bei's horse are probably made up by the writer.
Although this history happened more than 1700 years ago, characters such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liang have become famous names among us. Their bravery, adventures(冒险) and many more are told in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
