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When Cao Cao [Murphy-Shackley] invaded the South Land, Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette] helped its Supreme Commander [Morton-Campbell] invoke the east wind for a decisive fire battle. Shown here: Orchard-Lafayette invokes the east wind.

Masterpiece Discussions

Ѓ A Brief Description of Romance of Three Kingdoms, P, for those who need a summary of the epic.

ќ Lecture on Three Kingdoms by Dr. Rafe de Crespigny, at Australian National University. The Fifty-first George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology 1990. This extensive, wonderful lecture provides in-depth knowledge about the historical situation of the Three Kingdoms period. Furthermore, the lecture emphasizes on the characters of Cao Cao [Murphy-Shackley]. One of the best lectures about Romance of Three Kingdoms, this writing is chosen to be the commentary of the online edition of the masterpiece.
ќ Bu-Ching Discusses Three Kingdoms, an introduction. In the writing, Bu-Ching lets us know the background and the value of the great book in literature and society. In literature, it is in the rank of Journey to the West, Dream of Red Mansion, Golden Lotus, and Outlaws of the Marsh. [Popular opinion agrees Romance of Three Kingdoms is the first of all masterpieces.] In society, Bu-Ching indicates a surge of interest in Romance of Three Kingdoms in modern time, from entertainment such as films and video games to business world.

ќ Benjamin Li Discusses Three Kingdoms, from Raffles Institution, Singapore. A good place to visit and exchange ideas, this web site provides explanation about Three Kingdoms, on the ground of historical circumstances of both the great book and its author. Benjamin identifies the six ideas behind the masterpiece: states cleave and coalesce, orthodox and unorthodox, sense of loyalty, concept of strategy, historical fatalism, and superstitious beliefs.

ќ Shou Tsurugi on Three Kingdoms, a great home page devoted to Three Kingdoms, beginning by a beautiful poem. This web site is unique, because it is the first time many readers can see a series of Three Kingdoms in puppetry art. Indeed, the masterpiece has penetrated all aspects of life.

ќ Oliver Pierce's Romance of Three Kingdoms, devoting to Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette]. A summary of the career of the great strategist is displayed here, as well as the writings of the strategist. You can also get excellent information about martial arts on this web site, since Oliver Pierce is a master of several schools of martial arts.

ќ Romance of Three Kingdoms Frontier, Yap Hean Loong creates this web site to talk about the book and the video game. If the readers want to know what the weapons used in Romance of Three Kingdoms look like, you can go to the "Items" page. The graphics are beautiful, and many of them are from version VI of the video game. Check out his beautiful gallery, where you can see the images from the epic Chinese TV series Romance of Three Kingdoms.

Art and Cultural Shows

ќ Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage depicts vividly how Liu Bei [Jeffery-Lewis] seek Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette] in recluse. From Sinorama Magazine, the whole drama is displayed in eight black & white drawings. See chapter 37 of Romance of Three Kingdoms.

ќ Temple of Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette], this site tells a story about the temple of the Martial Lord in Chengdu [Wellesley], Sichuan Province, China. Two poems are cited, and two links lead visitors to the tale when Liu Bei [Jeffery-Lewis] visited Zhuge Liang's [Orchard-Lafayette's] thatched cottage three times. The first link, of Sinorama Magazine, beautifully depicts the scenes in black & white drawings. Another link guides the visitors to the photos of the shrine.

Ѓ Beautiful stamps celebrating Romance of Three Kingdoms. You can see and buy the stamps at either Thai Stamp or Stamp China.

Ѓ Three Kingdoms Coins, an exhibition and shop that displays the coins during the Three Kingdoms period and other ancient coins.

Ѓ Most Beautiful Online Portrait of Guan Yu [Yale-Perez], you can see clearly the famous Green Dragon Saber and Red-Hare. Guan Yu [Yale-Perez] was also known as the Lord of Beautiful Beard.

Ѓ Most Beautiful Online Portrait of Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette], if looks could give right judgment, we would say Zhuge Liang [Orchard-Lafayette] was a gentle person. Who could have guessed he was a supreme commander of a state, and his enemies always dreaded of his fierce military campaigns. Military was only a facet of Zhuge Liang's [Orchard-Lafayette's] career, however. He was also the Prime Minister of Shu-Han, who always loved and protected his people.

Ѓ Introduction to Facial Makeup in Chinese Operas, you can understand the meaning behind the makeup of each character in Romance of Three Kingdoms in operas.

Ѓ The Wu Shu Martial Arts has a development stage during the Three Kingdoms period.

Ѓ The Three Kingdoms Army among World Armies, this web site is about a role playing game based on the DBA rules. The game can be played by many armies. You can see where the Three Kingdoms army stands in relative to the military development worldwide.

ќ Three Kingdoms TV Series, International Channel (in the US) broadcasts Romance of Three Kingdoms. The series is a long epic of eighty historical episodes, filmed in China. The schedule is Saturday 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (9:00 AM Pacific Time) from August 1998 to --- . This series is being rebroadcast due to popular demands. In Mandarin, subtitled in English!

Games and Romance of Three Kingdoms

Ѓ Chinese Chess of Three Kingdoms, Xiangqi or Chinese chess has two variances adapted to the Three Kingdoms legends: Chess of Three Friends and Three Kingdoms Chess.

Ѓ Three Kingdoms Hidden Chess, a computer game and a variance of Xiangqi. You can buy the product here.

ќ Three Kingdoms Divine Destiny, the Video Game, Dong Seo Interactive is in development of this new game about Three Kingdoms. The company claims the game will be equipped with high artificial intelligence (AI). The date of release is not stated.

KOEI's Three Kingdoms

ќ Romance of Three Kingdoms, the Video Game, KOEI Corporation is the company behind this popular game. Visitors can read tips and strategies on how to play the games and find out the latest information about the game. One sentence from the maker is great enough: "Prepared to be romanced...or beaten down and trod on." Go to the Hints section to learn the essentials of the game. The company is planning to release version VI of the game in year 2000.

Ѓ Gameshark Codes on the game "Romance of Three Kingdoms IV".

ќ Gamespot's Discussion about Romance of Three Kingdoms IV, Wall of Fire, an excellent web site for Three Kingdoms fans. T. Liam McDonald and Andy Dang give full reviews of the game. Some details of the game and its ratings are also displayed, as well as introduction to the game, graphics, hints, technical info, and related links to other pages.

ќ Game Informer's Discussion of the Wall of Fire, introduction and ratings in 1995 of the game are showed. Game Informer has a good way to describe the game: "This is the fourth edition to the popular Romance of Three Kingdoms series...a complex command system...the combat is based on a war-like format with tons of options and tactical maneuvers...450 officers to intervene with, and tons of romantic battles held in the three kingdoms..." Look at the game rating in 1996, too.

Ѓ Since web sites devoted to the games made by KOEI are many, each may offer a different hint or trick or may deal with a different version of the game, the readers can find the Links section useful in locating the information they need.

Links to Web Sites of Three Kingdoms

ќ Bu-Ching's Three Kingdoms Web Site, with many links to other web sites related to the masterpiece. ќ Three Kingdoms in Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, Infoseek, Altavista, HotBot

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