Records of the Three Kingdoms

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Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese historical text
historiographical work
primary source
author Chen Shou
bookTitle Book of Shu
Book of Wei
Book of Wu
ChineseName 三國志
compiledBy Chen Shou
compilerBirthplace Ba commandery
compilerDynasty Western Jin
linked to: Western Jin dynasty
completedIn late 3rd century
contains annalistic information in biographies
countryOfOrigin China
coversState Cao Wei
Eastern Wu
Shu Han
dateWritten 3rd century
describesEvent fall of the Eastern Han dynasty
rise of Cao Wei
rise of Eastern Wu
rise of Shu Han
unification of China under the Jin dynasty
field Chinese historiography
genre biographical history
official history
historicalMethod biographical format
historicalPeriodDescribed Three Kingdoms period
late Eastern Han dynasty
historicalScopeEnd 280
historicalScopeStart late 2nd century
importance foundational source for the history of the Three Kingdoms period
includedIn Twenty-Four Histories
influenced Romance of the Three Kingdoms
laterAnnotatedBy Pei Songzhi
notableFigureCovered Cao Cao
Liu Bei
Sima Yi
Sun Quan
Zhuge Liang
numberOfBiographies around 360
numberOfVolumes 65
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
PeiSongzhiAnnotationsDate 5th century
PeiSongzhiAnnotationsDynasty Liu Song
pinyinTitle Sānguózhì
sourceFor Romance of the Three Kingdoms
structure divided into three books
traditionalClassification one of the standard histories
usedAsSourceBy Luo Guanzhong

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Three Kingdoms period documentedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Su appearsIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Shu Han historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Yellow Turban Rebellion describedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms ChineseName 三國志
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Records of the Three Kingdoms pinyinTitle Sānguózhì
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Records of the Three Kingdoms bookTitle Book of Wei
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms basedOn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sima Yi historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)
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Cao Rui associatedWithWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhou Yu historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Shan associatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Deng Ai historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Jiang Wei historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sun Liang historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Xianbei sourceMention Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ye mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Guo Jia historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Jin (Korean state) mentionedIn Sanguo Zhi
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Samguk Sagi titleTranslation History of the Three Kingdoms
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Jinhan confederacy mentionedIn Sanguozhi
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Mahan confederacy mentionedIn Sanguozhi
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Wa mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Battle of Xiaoting relatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sun clan historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Lu Su historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
馬謖 recordedIn 三國志
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馬謖 recordedIn 三國志·蜀書
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馬謖 recordedIn 三國志注
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Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Cheng Pu appearsIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Huang Gai historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Battle of Jieting relatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Dai historicalText Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Dai historicalText Sanguozhi
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Zhuge Jin mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhuge Jin mentionedIn Sanguozhi
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Ma Liang mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Huangfu Song recordedIn Sanguozhi commentaries
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Yellow Scarves Rebellion describedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Huangjin Qiyi relatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhang Jue describedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Cao family associatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Huanglong usedInHistoriography Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sun He historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Lady Wu mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Chao associatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
House of Cao recordedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhuo County, You Province mentionedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Li historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms