#Romance of the three kingdoms 13 amazon movie#
This is because in the movie version, I loved the character K'ung-ming (aka the Sleeping Dragon aka Chuko Liang). In short, it is like the Knights of the Round Table, without the Round Table, and the over compassing romantic triangle.įor me, the best part of the book was the section that started around Chapter 38. It is about honor, loyalty, and brotherhood. The story chronicles the fall of the Han Dynasty, and there is fight or a battle in almost every chapter. The style is very similar to all those Arthurian stories as well as the Viking sagas however, it does appear to be more rooted in fact. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese medieval saga or like a Viking saga, at least if I had to compare it to works in the West. (Strange how my top three movies are all international and not US made). Admittedly, the shortened international version. I kept meaning to read it, but it never got far enough up my TBR stack. The style is very similar to all those Arthurian stories as well I've had this book for a couple of years. Now! (Strange how my top three movies are all international and not US made). I've had this book for a couple of years. Hegel, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Washington University, provides an insightful commentary on the historical background to the novel, its literary origins and its main characters.more An Introduction to this reprint by Robert E. Brewitt-Taylor, is based on a shortened and simplified version which appeared in the 1670s. This edition, translated in the mid-1920s by C. The novel first appeared in print in 1522. Believed to have been compiled by the play-wright Lo Kuan-chung in the late fourteenth century, it is indebted to the great San-kuo chi (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms) completed by the historian Ch'en Shou just before his death in 297 CE. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is China's oldest novel and the first of a great tradition of historical fiction. The bold struggle of the three heroes seems doomed until the reclusive wizard Chuko Liang offers his counsel, and the tide begins to turn. The brave band faces a formidable array of enemies, foremost among them the treacherous and bloodthirsty Ts'ao Ts'ao. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his birthright and enlists the aid of his sworn brothers, the impulsive giant Chang Fei and the invincible knight Kuan Yu. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elec This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.
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