Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong detailing the history and folklore behind the period from 184 (The Yellow Turban Rebellion) to 280 (The unification of China by Jin) while passing through, among other things; the Battle of Chibi (208), the formation of the Three Kingdoms (years 220, 221 and 229), and the fall of Shu as well as the takeover of Wei by Jin (263-265).
The novel and the various individual stories within have a mind-boggingly high number of adaptations in every media and they have inspired many other stories involving the characters.
This tag is for either historical references to the Three Kingdoms period of China, or romanticized depictions of the events and characters from the novel.
