1. Oath in the Peach Garden
In the final years of the Eastern Han, the court was rotten and the people were left destitute. Zhang Jiao raised rebellion in Julu. After L...
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11 illustrated chaptersRomance of the Three Kingdoms begins with the collapse of the late Han court and follows the rise of rival warlords who eventually form Wei, Shu, and Wu. Blending history with fiction, it traces nearly a century of strategy, warfare, loyalty, and ambition through figures such as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, before closing with the reunification of the realm under Jin.
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11 chapters
2. Dong Zhuo Enters the Capital
This chapter recounts how, in the late Eastern Han, imperial relatives and eunuchs struggled for power and He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo into th...
3. Capturing and Releasing Cao Cao
Dong Zhuo usurped power and threw the court into ruin, so Cao Cao entered the Chancellor's residence carrying the Seven-Star Sword, pretendi...
4. Hulao Pass
In the Romance, the lords of the Eight Passes muster to chastise Dong. Wenhou Lü Bu beheads Dong Zhuo; Liu and Guan join battle with him; Gu...
5. Crossing the River to Strike Liu Biao
In the tale, Shao followed Dong Zhuo. Lord Liu held firm, then crossed the river with Sun Ci to swear brotherhood, vowing life and death tog...
6. Fengyi Pavilion
After moving the capital to Chang'an with Emperor Xian in his grasp, Dong Zhuo relied on Lü Bu as his closest strongman and ruled with bruta...
7. Chang'an in Peril
Following Dong Zhuo's death, his lieutenants Li Jue and Guo Si struck back at Chang'an, killed Wang Yun, seized Emperor Xian, and once again...
8. Thrice Yielding Xuzhou
Cao Cao marched against Xuzhou, and Liu Bei came with troops to assist in its defense. Later, because Lü Bu seized Yan and Puyang behind him...
9. Li Jue and Guo Si at War
Li Jue and Guo Si fell into mutual suspicion and fought one another in Chang'an. Cao Cao then seized the moment to escort Emperor Xian to Xu...
10. Sun Ce the Little Conqueror
Sun Ce rode roughshod across Jiangdong, defeating the lords of Yangzhou, taking Wu and Kuaiji, and bringing the six Jiangdong commanderies u...
11. Shooting the Halberd at the Camp Gate
After his defeat, Lü Bu attached himself to Liu Bei and camped at Xiaopei, only to seize Xuzhou when the chance arose. When Yuan Shu sent tr...