2. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a treasure house of talents in that period of history, a living art book and a big military classroom. Yuan Kuocheng
3. The social influence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms far exceeds its literary value. Obviously, as far as literature is concerned, its characterization skills are really first-class, and the novelists of later generations in China have absorbed nutrition from it. -Jin Yong
4. Romance of the Three Kingdoms occupies a prominent position in many novels that show the artistic genius of China people. It can be said that it is a masterpiece full of people's nature. -(Russian) Kolloch loves
5. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a grand structure and a vast geographical stage for characters' activities, which is unparalleled in the world classical novels. -(Japan) Yoshikawa Eiji
6. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a suspicious banner: loyalty; Two poison pills: hypocrisy and Machiavellian. This is my definition of the romance of the Three Kingdoms. -Yi Zhongtian
7. A film "The History of the Three Kingdoms" is sometimes a drug of violence, sometimes a shield of totalitarianism, and sometimes a key machine of trickery, which decorates the traumatic memory of this turbulent history as a way of separation and integration. Pan Zhichang
8. The Water Margin and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms pushed China's heart into the dark abyss, which made China people's originally simple and peaceful mind deformed, perverted and deteriorated, becoming more and more terrible. -Liu Zaifu
Extended data
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has an obvious tendency in story structure and characterization, that is, the tendency of "supporting Cao against Liu". The rhythm of this book is mainly following the first debut of Liu et al. In the author's view, Han Shu Group is the ultimate value orientation.
But it happened that it was such a lofty group that the author tried his best to eulogize and maintain it, but failed mercilessly, which was tantamount to the ultimate end of value being torn up. Liu Bei's death, Guan Yu's death, Zhang Fei's death and Zhuge Liang's death can all show the author's sigh, even the climax of the book.
Guan Yu died, but he didn't stop, chasing Monroe's life and breaking Cao Cao's courage. In fact, it was the author's unwillingness. There are some criticisms about Cao Cao's death. On the one hand, he affirmed Cao Cao's great achievements, on the other hand, he said, "The culprit is not two people, but they left behind."
The author pinned his hopes on the ideal Han Shu Group, but failed to live up to the author's subjective desire and was eliminated as a loser in the historical trend. From a literary point of view, this is called destroying something of value.
Of course, Han Shu Group has been shaped into the acme of ancient ideals, which also has historical accumulation. At least in the Tang Dynasty, when people said the Three Kingdoms, they laughed happily when they heard that Cao Cao was defeated, and cried sadly when they heard that Liu Bei was defeated. The value orientation of literary works still has its social foundation.
Zhuge Liang's "Teacher's Model" has become an inspirational model for people with lofty ideals long before the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written. From Du Fu to Yue Fei to Lu You, a model teacher is a good spiritual food. The orientation of literary works is still rooted in the public.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms expresses historical figures and historical trends with great tension. The subjective initiative of heroes and heroes and the objective laws of history always show some opposition, and the two sides sometimes tear at each other.
For example, Zhuge Liang had great ambitions for the Northern Expedition, but he hated it. Even if it succeeds, it will become a thing of the past in a blink of an eye, that is, "success or failure is empty", and the glamour of the present has become an old relic of another day, which is also sad.
There is a field in China's traditional aesthetics called "hanging over the past". The past is always full of vicissitudes and sadness. In fact, it is not a negative emotion and energy, but a vision of jumping out of local circles and observing history as a whole, whether it is Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Lu Bu.
On the one hand, it is the shining point of history, on the other hand, it is a fleeting meteor. The contradiction between the brevity of personal achievement and the infinity of history is a tragedy full of tension.
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