Heroes such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Gai portray such loyalty that it would be kind of hard to imagine in today's society. "The empire long united, must divide" and "the empire long divided, must unite" pretty much opens and closes the novel perfectly. Leadership, loyalty, heroism, military tactics and warfare, treason, and even romance play such a significant role in this epic novel. I initially grasped what was going to happen in time but there was so much other details to the story and idealisms portrayed. Afterwards I was desperately searching to find the best novel translation and finally bought the 4-volume box set translated by Moss Roberts which is the UNABRIDGED version(make sure to get this edition as it tells the whole story w/o leaving anything out).I then set out to explore the 2200+ pages of Chinese history and I must say, it was a fascinating experience. I first became intrigued with the Three Kingdoms's historical events when I played the game Dynasty Warriors 2 for PS2. If you are expecting a slick Hollywood film don't buy the DVDs. The recording quality and the subtitle errors are a bit of a deterent to all but real Three Kingdom Fans. The DVDs require staying power there are 58 of them put out by Chinese government TV studios. We have also purchased the TV serialized DVD collection, in Chinese with English Subtitles, which is absolutely facinating viewing for those who have read the original books. ![]() I have read it myself and highly recommend it to anyone. I did buy it and with his background from the game he sailed through all 4 sections in record time with nothing but high praise. The book as ordered is printed in China and is broken into four 600 page sections. My son promised he would read the book if I ordered it. Investigating I found that the game was based on Chinese Literature, a historical book written in the 1200s about 3rd Century China by Luo Guanzhong. ![]() Imagine my surprise when my eleven year old son placed a few names from a video game (Dynasty Warriors) into Google and came up with biographies of real Chinese warlords.
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