What are the differences between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and real history? What is the status of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese literature?

There are more than a thousand characters with names in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Among the numerous and complex characters, there are nearly a hundred characters with relatively detailed descriptions and outstanding personalities, and about two or three hundred characters have their portraits drawn. So, what are the differences between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and real history? What is the status of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese literature? Let's take a look at the introduction of the Encyclopedia Knowledge Network to answer these questions!

Contents of this article

1. What are the differences between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and real history?

2. What is the status of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese literature?

3. A brief account of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong

What are the differences between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and real history?

1. Hua Xiong was killed by Sun Jian, not by Guan Yu who drank warm wine.

2. Ma Chao raised an army to rebel against Cao, and Ma Teng was killed by Cao Cao because of this. It was not Cao Cao who killed Ma Teng, but Ma Chao raised an army to avenge his father. The cause and effect of the two are reversed.

3. The vilified Zhou Yu. Many people think that Cao Cao was the most vilified in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but in fact Zhou Yu suffered no less grievances than Cao Cao. In the official history, Zhou Yu was an excellent talent in all aspects, even his appearance was outstanding. The victory of Red Cliff can be said to be his masterpiece. However, in order to strengthen Kong Ming's wisdom, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms described Zhou Yu as a narrow-minded and scheming general. The official history did not mention that Kong Ming angered Zhou Yu three times. Zhou Yu faced Cao Cao's army of hundreds of thousands and needed Liu Bei's 20,000 troops to help him. It was impossible for him to murder Kong Ming at every turn.

4. There is no mention of Kong Ming borrowing arrows with a straw boat. However, the official history mentions a similar plot: When Sun Quan attacked Hefei, his ship encountered Cao's troops. One side of the ship was hit by too many arrows and the center of gravity was unstable. The ship was about to capsize. Sun Quan ordered his soldiers to turn the ship upside down so that the other side would also be hit by arrows. In this way, the forces on both sides were balanced, and the danger was averted.

5. The fact that Guan Yu did not change his expression when scraping his bones to treat his wounds is recorded in official history. Official history does not specify who scraped his bones to treat his wounds, nor does it say when Guan Yu was injured by the poisoned arrow.

What is the status of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese literature?

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four great classics. It is the earliest long historical novel in my country and represents the highest achievement of ancient historical novels.

The novel uses simple classical Chinese, which is bright and fluent, and can be appreciated by both the elite and the masses. The writing style is varied, with contrasts, redundant and side-by-side, twists and turns, and swaying in various forms. With a magnificent structure, the novel organizes the complicated and intricate events and numerous characters of about a hundred years in a complete and strict manner, and the narrative is orderly, echoing each other, and is closely linked and advanced layer by layer. Its artistic achievements are more important in the description of wars and character creation. The novel is best at describing wars and can write about the characteristics of each war. It pays attention to describing the use of different strategies and tactics under specific conditions, and guides the subjective initiative of combat, rather than spending the main pen and ink on a simple contest of strength and martial arts. In terms of character creation, the novel pays special attention to placing the characters in the sharp contradictions of the real struggle, and expressing their thoughts and personalities through their words and deeds or the surrounding environment.

A brief account of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong

The following is a brief introduction to Romance of the Three Kingdoms and its author Luo Guanzhong:

1. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: It describes the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars, telling the story of the warring factions at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles between Wei, Shu and Wu. In the end, Sima Yan unified the three kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions in the Three Kingdoms era, summarizes the great historical changes of this era, and creates a group of powerful heroes of the Three Kingdoms. On the vast historical stage, magnificent war scenes were staged. The author Luo Guanzhong integrated the Thirty-Six Strategies of War into the text, which not only contains plots but also military strategies;

2. Luo Guanzhong: Ben, courtesy name Guanzhong, alias Hu Hai San Ren, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, author of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Born in Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou, Shanxi, his other major works include the novels: The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, The Romance of the Five Dynasties, The Story of the Three Suis Suppressing Demons, and The Complete Water Margin. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (abbreviated as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms) is Luo Guanzhong's masterpiece, and this long novel has a profound influence on later literary creation. In addition to novels, there is also the drama The Meeting of the Dragon, Tiger, and Wind and Cloud of Song Taizu.