三国堗

"Three Kingdoms" is written from the west 晋陈寠, dating documented history of the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, but also one of the highest evaluated Twenty-Four Histories "pre Sishi."
Shou Shu worked after, Shu perish, was conscripted into Luoyang, also served in the Western Jin Zhu Zuolang duties. "Three Kingdoms" has drafts before that, at the time of Wei, Wu has been the history of the first two countries, such as Wang Shen, "Wei", Yu Huan's "Wei slightly," Wei Zhao, "Wu book," This is the third book when Chen Shou basic material basis, Shu no history, so their own collection, was only 15 volumes. The final book, but there are factors, including the historian's office works, so "Three Kingdoms" is a product of cultural re-integration of the three countries after the end of the separation period. Three Kingdoms Earliest "Wei Zhi", "Shu Zhi", "Wu" three books circulated separately until the Northern Song Xianping six years (1003) three books have been combined into one book.

[History span]
    "Three Kingdoms" chronicles the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty from the Yellow Turbans chaos occurs begin until the Western Jin Dynasty unified the three countries so far, that is, from Zhongping Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty (184 years), the Emperor Wu Tai first year (280 years) nine ten years of history. The book is divided into four parts original, sixty-six: "Wei Zhi" thirty volumes, "Shu Zhi" fifteen volumes, "Wu" twenty volumes, Syria recorded a roll, then roll Syria recorded missing [1]. Each book was originally, until the Northern Song Dynasty was one, was renamed "The Three Kingdoms."

[Political positions]
    Shou is the Jin Dynasty officials, and therefore to respect the forced abdication of Wei Jin orthodox.
"Wei Zhi" in the legislation of each of the emperor of Wei Ji, and also for the lifetime no Emperor Cao Cao wrote the discipline. And Wei king, emperor, funeral and other related proclamations are Que, only a short reference to "Emperor Xian of Han demise policy text", the other can only be found in PEI note.
By contrast the emperor Liu Bei, is forearmed chapter titled "First Lord", said the taboo is not straight, use the "collapse" of equal status word "pass away" word when he died. [2] and Liu Bei king, emperor, funeral and other related proclamations are well documented, may be associated with feelings about the homeland. The second emperor of Shu Liu Shan, called "emperor pass."
"Wu" in the title Emperor Wu of the taboo, such as "Sun Quan" and "The Sun Liang Sun Closed Sun Hao Biography", and now called "Master Wu Chuan", "three main heir Biography" is the change of generations . Sun Quan declared emperor, "Master Wu Chuan", only "in the southern suburbs that emperor" of the motion, which ascend the altar tell-day instruments, biography nor a record, only in PEI among injection.
Meanwhile, in order to respect the Jin dynasty rulers, the book was not to be chasing the posthumous title of Emperor Wu grandfather Emperor Wudi of Sima Yi, Sima Shi uncle, father Division 马昭立 biography. In addition, the authors also omitted due to be put to death on charges of Cao Cao major plus well-known figure Jung.

[Style features]
    "Three Kingdoms" although was later known as "chi", but in fact the book is entirely arranged by the discipline and character biographies, there is no such as geography, economics, laws and institutions, such as the chronicles or table of contents.