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The Romance of Three Kingdoms
The Romance of Three Kingdoms
The Romance of Three Kingdoms
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Romance of Three Kingdoms, dating to the 14th Century, is the legendary epic of the fall of Han and the founding of Jin. Dealing with plots, complex men, wars, intrigues, marriages and assassinations, this book, one of the four great Chinese classics, is foundational literature on a par with The Illiad or The Lay of the Cid.
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PublisherXinXii
Release dateDec 10, 2012
ISBN9781608723447
The Romance of Three Kingdoms
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Luo Guanzhong

Moss Roberts is Professor of Chinese at New York University. He translated Dao De Jing and an unabridged edition of Three Kingdoms and is the translator and editor of Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies.

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