史記三國

About the Book

Three Kingdoms, 168–280 is a chronological historical narrative spanning the years 168–280, from the fractures within the Eastern Han court to Jin reunification. It is distinct from the separate Shiji Sanguo biography series, which is organized by individual lives. The official histories provide its historical framework; conversations, actions, waiting, documents in transit, and scenes of daily life are reconstructed rather than presented as surviving verbatim records. The ebook is available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and English, with a separate sample and purchase page for each language.

Who This Book Is For

For readers who want to follow the late Eastern Han through Jin reunification in chronological order, rather than look up individual figures.

Start with the Traditional Chinese ebook to follow the complete historical span in one digital edition.

Published Sample Chapter for This Edition

1. 第一回 竇武陳蕃議誅中官 曹節王甫反制禁門

Writing Approach

This book takes existing research into the official histories as its historical framework. It reconstructs conversations, actions, periods of waiting, the movement of documents, and scenes of daily life without changing the people involved, the chronology, the limits of what they could know, the causes, or the outcomes. Reconstructed passages are not verbatim records handed down from the period. Variant historical accounts and the principal areas of reconstruction are discussed in the notes.

Author

Zhong Zhengying is the author of Shiji Sanguo and its biography series.