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1、Romance of Three Kingdomsby Luo Guanzhongcirca 1300-1400Translated by C. H. Brewitt-TaylorEdited by Snow N. SnowCommentary by Dr Rafe de CrespignyAbout the book Romance of Three Kingdoms:ROTK, aka Three Kingdoms, is the most popular novel in Asia. Written 600 years ago, it tells the epic of Han Dyna

2、sty in China during the 2nd and 3rd century. Sometimes I look at this old story and marvel to see it glow as the time goes by. In video games alone, I know 5 titles related to ROTK.C.H. Brewitt-Taylor (Romance of Three Kingdoms): The English translation of ROTK by Brewitt-Taylor is very old. Therefo

3、re, it uses the Yale name system (names like Tsao Tsao, Liu Pei, and Sun Chuan), which is less popular today. A disadvantage of this translation is that it does not provide background information like Roberts version. This translation is like a pure novel, from page 1 to ending page-no maps, no note

4、s. Furthermore, it has many errors that havent got corrected since the first edition. With so many flaws, why should the readers be interested? Well, if you collect ROTK books like I do, you may want to buy several of them. But one important thing is that the translation of Brewitt-Taylor is very be

5、autiful in literature style. The language in this version is fluid and suitable to ROTK, perhaps partly due to its old English.About ThreeK:This web site publishes the full translation of ROTK by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor on the web free for all internet readers. We incorporate the literature style of Bre

6、witt-Taylor, and at the same time we use the modern Pinyin name system. Moreover, we have corrected the many mistakes the paper book has. And the best thing of all, we include many notes, backgrounds, as well as maps with more details than in any ROTK book. The readers can also post their notes onli

7、ne! Fans often praise the Commentary of Dr. Rafe de Crespigny as the best online writing about ROTK. So, we hope you enjoy this web site. Khang Nguyen.ForewordA few quotations from the characters in Romance of Three KingdomsPrefaceby C. H. Brewitt-Taylor and Snow N. SnowNoteHistory of the novel Roma

8、nce Of Three KingdomsInfo and LinksAbout the times and characters of the novelMapsMaps of the Chinese empire in the three kingdoms periodCommentaryby Dr Rafe de CrespignyIntroductionOutlines of Chinese History from Mythology to the Three KingdomsTian Heng IslandAfter reading this story, you will und

9、erstand why Sun Quan was so angry at Zhuge Liang.OvertureThe Beginning SongChapter 1Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood In The Peach Garden;One Victory Shatters The Rebels In Battlegrounds.Chapter 2Zhang Fei Whips The Government Officer;He Jin Plots To Kill The Eunuchs.Chapter 3In Wenming Garden, Dong Zh

10、uo Denounces Ding Yuan;With Red Hare, Li Su Bribes Lu Bu.Chapter 4The Deposition Of The Emperor: Prince Of Chenliu Becomes Emperor;Schemes Against Dong Zhuo: Cao Cao Presents A Sword.Chapter 5Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords;The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.Chapter 6Burning The Capital, D

11、ong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity;Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.Chapter 7Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan;Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.Chapter 8Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme;Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.Chapter 9Lu Bu Kills Dong

12、 Zhuo For Wang Yun;Li Jue Attacks The Capital On Jia Xus Advice.Chapter 10Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor;Commanding An Army, Cao Cao Marches to Avenges His Father.Chapter 11Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai;Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.Chapter 12Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuz

13、hou To Liu Bei;Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu.Chapter 13Li Jue and Guo Si Duel In Changan;The Emperor Establishes Anyi The New Capital.Chapter 14Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang;Lu Bu Night-Raids Xuzhou.Chapter 15Taishi Ci Fights With The Little Prince;Sun Ce Cuts Short The White Tiger King.Ch

14、apter 16In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd;At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers Defeat.Chapter 17Yuan Shu Marches Out An Army Of Seven Divisions;Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.Chapter 18Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory;Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.Chapter 19Cao

15、 Cao Fights In Xiapi;Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower.Chapter 20Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian;Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace.Chapter 21In A Plum Garden, Cao Cao Discusses Heroes;Using The Hosts Forces, Guan Yu Takes Xuzhou.Chapter 22Yuan Shao And Cao Cao

16、Both Take The Field;Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.Chapter 23Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors;Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.Chapter 24Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong;Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao.Chapter 25Besieged In Tushan Mountains, Guan Yu Makes Three Cond

17、itions;The Rescue At Baima, Cao Cao Is Released.Chapter 26Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader;Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.Chapter 27The Man of Beautiful Beard Rides On A Solitary Journey;Guan Yu Slays Six Generals Through Five Passes.Chapter 28Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers Doubts Disappear

18、;Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Liege Fortify Each Other.Chapter 29The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji;The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.Chapter 30Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries;Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.Chapter 31Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan

19、 Shao In Cangting;Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.Chapter 32Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives;River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.Chapter 33A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen;An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.Chapter 34Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret;Acro

20、ss The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.Chapter 35Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang;Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.Chapter 36Shan Fus Strategy: Fankou Is Captured;Xu Shus Affection: Zhuge Liang Is Recommended.Chapter 37Sima Hui Recommends A Scholar To Liu Bei;Liu Bei Pays Three V

21、isits To The Sleeping Dragon Ridge.Chapter 38Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms;Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.Chapter 39At Jingzhou The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice;At Bowang Slope The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.Chapter 40Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou;Zhuge Lian

22、g Burns Xinye.Chapter 41Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River;Zhao Yun Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.Chapter 42Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge;Defeated Liu Bei Goes To Hanjin.Chapter 43Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars;Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.Chapt

23、er 44Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions;Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.Chapter 45At The Three Gorges, Cao Cao Loses Soldiers;In The Gathering Of Heroes, Jiang Gan Is Trapped.Chapter 46Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows;Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.Chapter 47Kan Ze Prese

24、nts The Treacherous Letter;Pang Tong Suggests Chaining The Ships Together.Chapter 48Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song;Battle On Water, The Northern Soldiers Fight With Chained Ships.Chapter 49On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds;At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates T

25、he Fire.Chapter 50Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode;Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.Chapter 51Cao Ren Fights The South Lands Troops;Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu.Chapter 52Zhuge Liang Negotiates With Lu Su;Zhao Yun Captures Guiyang.Chapter 53Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong;Sun Qua

26、n Fights With Zhang Liao.Chapter 54The Dowager Marchioness Sees Her Son-In-Law;The Imperial Uncle Takes A Worthy Consort.Chapter 55Liu Bei Rouses The Spirit Of Lady Sun;Zhuge Liang A Second Time Angers Zhou Yu.Chapter 56Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower;Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Tim

27、e.Chapter 57Sleeping Dragon Mourns At Chaisang;Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.Chapter 58Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge;Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.Chapter 59Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao;Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Sow Dissension.Chapter 60Zhang Song Turns The Tables

28、 On Yang Xiu;Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.Chapter 61In The River, Zhao Yun Recovers Liu Shan;With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.Chapter 62Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Are Slain;Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.Chapter 63Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pan

29、g Tong;Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan.Chapter 64Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren;Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao.Chapter 65Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass;Liu Bei Takes The Protectorship Of Yiazhou.Chapter 66Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone;For The State, Empress

30、 Fu Offers Her Life.Chapter 67Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong;Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.Chapter 68Gan Nings Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp;Zuo Cis Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.Chapter 69Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes;Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.Chapter 70Zhang Fei Take

31、s Wakou Pass With Tactics;Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.Chapter 71At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success;On The River Han, Zhao Yun Conquers A Host.Chapter 72Zhuge Liangs Wit Takes Hanzhong;Cao Caos Army Retires To The Ye Valley.Chapter 73Liu Bei Becomes Prince Of Hanzh

32、ong;Guan Yu Attacks Xiangyang.Chapter 74Pang De Takes His Coffin To The Field;Guan Yu Drowns The Seven Armies.Chapter 75Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery;Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.Chapter 76Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian;Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.Chapter 77Cao Cao Is Possessed A

33、t Luoyang;Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.Chapter 78Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies;Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.Chapter 79Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems;Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.Chapter 80Cao Pi Deposes The Empe

34、ror, Taking Away The Fortunes of Hans;Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.Chapter 81Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated;Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.Chapter 82Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities;The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding

35、 Six Armies.Chapter 83Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy;Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.Chapter 84Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps;Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.Chapter 85The First Ruler Confides His Son To The Guardians Care;Zhuge Liang C

36、almly Settles The Five Attacks.Chapter 86Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen;Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.Chapter 87Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army;Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.Chapter 88Crossing River Lu-The Mang King Is Bound

37、 The Second Time;Recognizing A Pretended Surrender-Meng Huo Is Captured The Third Time.Chapter 89The Lord of Wuxiang Uses The Fourth Ruse;The King of Mang Is Captured The Fifth Time.Chapter 90Chasing Off Wild Beasts, The Prime Minister Defeats The Mangs For The Sixth Time;Burning Rattan Armors, Zhug

38、e Liang Captures Meng Huo The Seventh Time.Chapter 91Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward;Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.Chapter 92Zhao Yun Slays Five Generals;Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities.Chapter 93Jiang Wei Goes Over To Zhuge Liang;Zhuge Liangs Rev

39、iles Kill Wang Lang.Chapter 94Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm;Sima Yi Quickly Captures Meng Da.Chapter 95Ma Sus Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting;Zhuge Liangs Lute Repulses Sima Yi.Chapter 96Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death;Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.

40、Chapter 97Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei;Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.Chapter 98Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death;Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.Chapter 99Zhuge Liang Defeats The Wei Army;Sima Yi Invades The W

41、est River Land.Chapter 100Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen;Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi.Chapter 101Going Out From Longshang, Zhuge Liang Dresses As A God;Dashing Toward Saber Pass, Zhang He Falls Into A Snare.Chapter 102Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei;

42、Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.Chapter 103In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped;In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.Chapter 104A Falling Star: The Prime Minister Ascends To Heaven;A Wooden Statue: The Commander-In-Chief Is Terrified.Chapter 105The Lord of Wuxiang Lea

43、ves A Plan In The Silken Bag;The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.Chapter 106Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death;Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.Chapter 107The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi;Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.Chapt

44、er 108In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory;At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.Chapter 109A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded;Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.Chapter 110Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force;Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats

45、 The Enemy.Chapter 111Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei;Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao.Chapter 112Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly;Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes.Chapter 113Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen;Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.Chapter 114Driving To The South Gate,

46、Cao Mao Plunges Into Death;Abandoning Stores, Jiang Wei Defeats The Wei Army.Chapter 115Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army;Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster.Chapter 116On Hanzhong Roads, Zhong Hui Divides The Army;In Dingjun Mountain, The Martial Lord Shows His Apparition.Chapter 117Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains;Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu.Chapter 118Weeping At The Ancestral Temple, A Filia