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Luo Guanzhong Translatcd from the Chlncsc with Notes and an Afterword byMOSS ROBERTS Foreword by JOHN S. SERVICE"The empire， long divided， must unite;long united， must divide. Thus it hascvcr been." With this characterization of theincvitable cycle ofChinese history， themonumental tale Three Kingdoms begins. Asimportant for Chinese culture as the Homericepics have bcen for the West， this Mingdynasty masterpiece continues to be read andloved throughout China as well as in Japan，Korca， and Vietnam. The novel offers astartling and unsparing view of how power iswielded， how diplomacy is conducted， andhow wars are planned and fought; it hasinflucnced the ways that Chinese think aboutpowcr， diplomacy， and war even to this day.Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful momentat thc end of the Han dynasty （206 B.C.-A.D.220） when the future of the Chinese empirelay in the balance. Writing morc than amillennium later， Luo Guanzhong drew onoftcn-told tales of this turbulent period tofashion a sophisticatcd， compelling narrat...
