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Thestorybeginswhentheemperor,fearinguprisingsbypeantrebelsknowntheYellowScarves，sendsanurgentappealtotheprovincesforpopularsupport.inresponse，threeyoungmen——thearistocraticLiuXuande.thefugitiveLordGuan.andthepig-butcherZhangFei——meettopledgeeternalbrotherhoodandfealtytotheirbeleagueredgovernment.FromtheseeventscomesachainofcauseandconsequencethatleadsultimatelytothecollapseoftheHan.MOSSRoberts"snewtranslationprovidesforthefirsttimeanauthoritative，annotatedEnglish-languageversionofthisgreatandenduringworkofworldliterature.
Theempire,longdivided,mustunite;longunited,mustdivide.Thusitheverbeen.”WiththisacterizationoftheinevitablecycleofChinesehistory,themonumentaltaleThreeKingdomsbegins.AsimportantforChineseculturetheHomericepicshavebeenfortheWest,thisMingdyntypiececontinuestobereadandlovedthroughoutChinawellinJapan,Korea,andVietnam.Thenovelofferstartlingandunsparingviewofhowpoweriswielded,howdiplomacyisconducted,andhowwarsareplannedandfought;ithinfluencedthewaysthatChinesethinkaboutpower,diplomacy,andwareventothisday.ThreeKingdomsportraysafatefulmomentattheendoftheHandynty（206B.C.-A.D.220）whenthefutureoftheChineseempirelayinthebalance.Writingmorethanamillenniumlater,LuoGuanzhongdrewonoften-toldtalesofthisturbulentperiodtofhionasophisticated,compellingnarrative,whoseactersdisplayvividindividualityandepicgrandeur.