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Romance of the Three States
Sanguo yanyi or Romance of the Three States, attributed to Luo Guanzhong (ca. 1330–1400), was the first historical novel in China to have chapter divisions. The novel deals with the political and military struggles among the three states of Wu, Shu, and Wei.
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《三國演義》何以成書?
《三國演義》是中國四大奇書之一,顧名思義,它的內容跟歷史上的三國時代有很大關係。在中國歷史上,公元184—265年是東漢末年和三國時代。這八十多年間,中國內部發生過多次戰爭,而且產生了一大批傑出的政治家、軍事家與文學家。
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Huaben of Song and Yuan Dynasties
Huaben (vernacular stories) were master scripts used by storytellers during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) periods. It is a literary genre derived from prosimetric arts, and is one of their offshoots. Huaben served as a bridge between prosimetric arts and the newly evolving vernacular fiction.
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