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Romance of Three Kingdoms

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I've just finished reading the whole book in Chinese for the XXth time. And everytime I read it, I get a different aspect of the book. I was first attracted by the television series on Romance of The Three Kingdoms, and started to read the book itself, it was fantastic, filled with action and tactics in military and politics. Then when I re-read the book again and again, it gave me a deep insight of the cunning of humans, and the philosophy of the Chinese at that time.

But the author Luo Kwang Chung wasn't being fair to every character. ChaoChau was written as an evil conspirator and LiuBei was potraited to be a great hero. But was it really that way? In real history, the time of the Three kingdoms didn't had a clear distinct between evil and good, but the author wrote it in this way as in his own sympathy to Liubei, which in ancient China was more popular for his loyal to the Han dynasty and sympathy to the peasants.

Nevertheless, that's why this is called a historic novel and not 'facts'. So any people reading this book: Read it as a novel and not a history textbook.

I am a Chinese and I have read this book for a thousand times(first time I was around 16). The characteristics of people in this book are so diversified and charming. I really think the author was doing a great job on this. Even though the "poems" in the novel cannot compare with the genuine Chinese poems, I still think it is a high-value history novel to read.

Please notice that some of the characters don't exist and some stories in the novel are different from real histroy records. That's why we call it "Romance" instead of "Records".

By the way, I am glad to know that people from Japan and USA also like this book.

There will always be varying degrees of satisfaction when text is translated; I don't see this book as an exception.

I found the book to be very captivating, not poorly-written by any means. It has it's share of flaws, but only the most discriminating readers will be disturbed by them. Don't wait for a "perfect" translation of this great tale to come along; even the most harsh critics of these two volumes will acknowledge that an English translation doesn't get much better than this. A few errors shouldn't stop anyone from picking up this book.

My fascination with this epic tale began with playing the video games. I eventually discovered this book, and have purchased the VCD movie set since. I'm glad I read this book before seeing the series. The series is *superb* to see, but the English subtitles leave much to be desired. Therefore, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has experienced the series or video games. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves epic, classic literature.

This Book will a greatest historic experiment if you're interested in Chinese history. The book told about thousands of heros. All the greatness of morality, disciplin, humanity, and personality are here. Read it, and you'll became a different person with far more knowledge than you're now.

I have read up to ppage 580 in the novel, and think that it is good so far, I have played the video game, and wantee to say the book is a LOT better

I loved this book so much that I wrote a paper comparing it to its Western parallel: Le Morte D'Arthur. Both are quintissential medieval epics. Both are wonderful tales of good and evil, honor and duty, and this one has an even better historical basis. Excellent.

I am an avid reader, I read almost exclusively fantasy and Science Fiction but I also like history, especially pre 1600 AD Asian History. The era this novel portrays is one of the most interesting of all to me, only The Mongol Empire and Celtic, and of course; Samurai history is even close to being this fascinating. If you have ever Played the video games of the same name, and found them even remotely interesting, read this and bring the game into a new light for you. If not, read it just for the Rich and in Depth story that spans all time with its (Although reletively unknown in America) effect on history. You will not be dissapointed in one bit, It is a Long and thouroughly enjoyable read. Also it should be noted that I am only 16 now and was 14 when I read it. Like I said, you will not regret reading this.

Although this is a chinese book,it is also very big in Japan.I bet 100% of the Japanese Know,have heard of this book,and 60% have read it either in book or comic.It is a immortal literaly work on the men who lived for the dream to unite China and died for.It is not some corny super hero stuff,but based on actual histroy and is so real. P.S. If you wanted to purchase the comic-although it is Japanese-,Iwould recommend you SOTEN-KORO by KING GONTA and I Hagin.Published by Koudansha.

The most amazing book you can read. It will awe you with it's amazing plot!

An incredible recount of the events after the collapse of the original han dynasty. An adventurous tribute to early China.