三國演義
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中 · c. 1330–c. 1400
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The century of war that followed the fall of the Han, retold from the histories and the storytellers' versions into one long novel. Its strategists, loyal brothers and schemers became the common property of Chinese culture, from opera to proverbs. The characters are drawn in broad strokes, but the scale and momentum of the telling are unmatched.