Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the only novel based on real historical events among the four great classical works of China. Since it was published, there have always been conflicts regarding to the proportion between fiction and non-fiction. Critics say it confuse people with real history and what was written in the novel. However, it doesn’t affect the influences it had on Chinese people. In today’s story, we are going to take a look of why this novel has been so influential to Chinese people.
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