The Three Kingdoms. Volume 3, Welcome the Tiger, an epic Chinese tale of loyalty and war in a dynamic new translation / Lo Guanzhong ; translated by Yu Sumei ; edited by Ronald C. Iverson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400, author.

Contributor:

Yu, Sumei, translator.

Iverson, Ronald C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Three kingdoms, 220-265--Fiction.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (902 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This exciting new translation with footnotes will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of Game of Thrones so compelling.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty, when China broke into three competing kingdoms and over half the population were either killed or driven from their homes. Part myth, part fact, readers will experience the loyalty and treachery, the brotherhood and rivalry of China's legendary heroes and vill

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE Hua Tuo Performs Surgery on Guan Yu's Injured Arm Lu Meng Crosses the River in a White Robe; CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX Xu Huang Fights a Great Battle on the Mian River Guan Yu Retreats to Maicheng in Defeat; CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN Guan Yu's Ghost Visits Jade Spring Mountain Cao Cao Is Possessed in Luoyang; CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT Treating Cao Cao, Hua Tuo Dies in Prison On His Deathbed Cao Cao Leaves His Last Words; CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE Cao Pi Presses His Brother Zhi to Improvise Poems Liu Feng Is Executed for Failing to Rescue His Uncle

CHAPTER EIGHTY Emperor Xian of Han Is Deposed by Cao Pi Liu Bei Claims to be the True Successor of HanCHAPTER EIGHTY-ONEZhang Fei Is Assassinated To Avenge His Younger Brothers Liu Bei Goes to War; CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO Sun Quan Receives Nine Gifts after Submitting to Wei Liu Bei Rewards His Officers and Men in His War with Wu; CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE Liu Bei Gets His Sworn Enemies at Xiaoting Lu Xun Is Made Commander to Guard the Yangtze; CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR Lu Xun Burns His Enemy's Seven Hundred Li of Camps Zhuge Liang Cleverly Plans the Eight Arrays

CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE Liu Bei Leaves His Son in Zhuge Liang's Care Zhuge Liang Peacefully Settles the Five AttacksCHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX Qin Mi Engages Zhang Wen in a Philosophical Debate Xu Sheng Uses Fire to Destroy Cao Pi's Army; CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN Zhuge Liang Raises an Army to Subdue the Mans The King of the Mans Initially Suffers Defeat; CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT Crossing the Lu River Meng Huo Is Recaptured Failing in His Trick Meng Huo Is Captured a Third Time; CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE Zhuge Liang Designs the Fourth Successful Ruse Meng Huo Is Captured a Fifth Time

CHAPTER NINETY Driving off Giant Beasts, Zhuge Liang Scores a Sixth Victory Rattan Armor Burned, Meng Huo Is Captured for the Seventh TimeCHAPTER NINETY-ONE Zhuge Liang Offers Sacrifices at the Lu River and Leads His Army Homeward The Marquis of Wu Proposes an Attack on Wei in His Memorial; CHAPTER NINETY-TWOZhao Yun Heroically Slays Five Wei Officers Zhuge Liang Cleverly Seizes Three Cities; CHAPTER NINETY-THREE Jiang Wei Submits to Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang to Death

CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR Zhuge Liang Smites the Qiang Troops in a Snowstorm Sima Yi Moves Swiftly to Capture Meng DaCHAPTER NINETY-FIVE Ignoring Wang Ping's Advice, Ma Su Loses Jieting Playing the Lute, Zhuge Liang Repulses Sima Yi; CHAPTER NINETY-SIX Weeping in Sorrow, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su to Death Cutting His Hair, Zhou Fang Tricks Cao Xiu; CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN Zhuge Liang Proposes to Renew the Attack on Wei Jiang Wei Defeats Wei by Means of a Forged Letter; CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT Pursuing the Shu Army, Wang Shuang Is Slain Seizing Chencang, Zhuge Liang Wins a Victory

CHAPTER NINETY-NINE Zhuge Liang Wins a Great Victory Sima Yi Drives His Army into Shu

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-1439-X