Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood

Early Chinese Plays on the Three Kingdoms
No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm underthe Western Jin in AD 280.

No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180–220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280.

Contributor: Wilt L. Idema (Translated by), Stephen H. West (Translated by)

Translator: Wilt L. Idema, Stephen H. West

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