TY - BOOK AU - Luo,Guan Zhong AU - Brewitt-Taylor,C.H. TI - Romance of the three kingdoms SN - 9812180443 U1 - 895.13 PY - 1985/// CY - Singapore PB - Graham Brash KW - Chinese fiction KW - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 KW - China KW - History KW - Three kingdoms, 220-265 KW - Fiction N1 - Library has: volume II; Rescue of O-tou by Chao Yun; Ts'ao Ts'ao repulsed by a letter; Taking of Fou Pass; Yang and Kao slain; Siege of Lo City; Huang and Wei rivals ; Chuko Liang mourns for P'ang T'ung; Chang Fei releases Yen Yen ; Plan for the capture of Chang Jen; Borrowing soldiers to destroy Ma Ch'ao ; Great battle at Chiaming pass; Liu Pei takes the governorship of Ichou; Kuan Yu goes to a feast alone, but armed; Fu Huang-hou dies for the state ; Ts'ao Ts'ao conquers Hanchung; Chang Liao spreads terror at Chaoyao Ford; Kan Ning's hundred horsemen raid the enemy's camp; Tso Tz'u's flung-down cup fools Ts'ao Ts'ao ; Kuan Lu takes the sortes by the "Book of Changes''; Loyal subjects die for their country; Fierce Chang Fei takes a position by Guile; Aged Huang Chung captures a hilly by stratagem; At the capture of Tui hill Huang Chung scores a success; On the Han waters Chao Yun conquers a host ; Chuko Liang's wit takes Hanchung; Ts'ao a-man's army retires up Hsiehku; Yuan-te becomes prince of Hanchung; Yun-ch'ang attacks and occupies Hsiangyang; P'ang Te takes his coffin on a campaign; Kuan Yu drowns his enemies; Surgery on a wounded arm; Lu Meng in a white robe crosses the river; Hsu fights on the mein river; Kuan retreats to Maich'eng; Kuan Yu manifests his sacred character at the Jade Fount Hill; Ts'ao Ts'ao is possessed at loyang; Hua T'o, treating Ts'ao Ts'ao, himself dies; Ts'ao Ts'ao's last words and death; A cruel brother; a poem; an undutiful nephew; punishment; Deposition of the emperor; the prince of Han Chung claims to be the true successor; Chang Fei is assassinated; the first ruler goes to war; Sun Ch'uan submits to Wei and is rewarded; the first ruler attacks Wu and rewards his army; Fighting at Hsiaot'ing; the first ruler captures certain enemies; Defence of Chiangk'ou; a student accepts supreme command; Lu Hsun burns his enemy's camps; K'ung-ming plans thep eight arrays; Liu, the first ruler, confides his son to K'ung-ming's care; Chuko Liang peacefully settles the five attacks; A philosophical encounter; fire used to destroy Ts'ao Pei's Army; K'ung-ming's southern expedition; the king of the mans; Crossing the river Lu; binding of the Barbarian king; recognising a pretended surrender; Capture of Menghuo; K'ung-ming's successful fourth ruse; the king of the mans captured for the fifth time; Wild beasts as warriors; K'ung-ming's sixth victory; burning of the rattan army; seventh capture of the king; Sacrifice at Lu Shui; homeward march; attack on the capital; Chuko's memorial; Chao Yun slays five captains; K'ung-ming craftily takes three cities; Chiang Wei goes over to K'ung-ming; K'ung-ming reviles Wang Lang, who dies; Chuko smites the Barbarians in a snowstorm; Ssuma quickly captures Meng Ta; Ma Su's wrangling loses Chieht'ing; K'ung-ming's Lute repulses Ssuma; K'ung-Ming weeps, but Puts Ma Su to death; Chou Fang cuts off his hair and beguiles Ts'ao Hsiu; K'ung-ming proposes to renew the attack on Wei; Chiang Wei defeats an army by means of a forged letter; Death of Wang Shuang; K'ung-ming's victory at Ch'ents'ang; Chuko liang wins a great victory; Ssuma I invades Shu; The Han Soldiers Raid a Camp and Defeat Ts'ao Chen: Chuko, in front of the Array, Shames Ssuma; Going out from Shensi, Chuko dresses as a God; dashing toward Chienko, Chang Ho falls into a snare; Ssuma occupies the river banks; Chuko Constructs "bullocks'' and "Horses''; Ssuma surrounded in Shangfang valley; Chuko invokes the stars in the Wuchang plain; A star falls as Chuko Liang ascends to heaven; a wooden image affrights Ssuma I; The plan of the silken bag; the bronze statue with the dew bowl; Defeat and death of Kungsun Yuan; pretended illness of Ssuma I; Ssuma I recovers political power: Chiang Wei is defeated at Niut'ou Hills; Ting Feng's swordsmen win a victory in the snow; Sun Hsun executes a murderous plan at a banquet; Ssuma surrounded; a Han leader employs an unexpected ruse; the king dethroned; retribution for the Wei family; Wen Yang repulses the enemy; Chiang Wei defeats his opponent; Teng Ai outwits Chiang Wei; Chuko Tan thinks it is his duty to destroy Ssuma Chao; Yu Ch'uan dies nobly at Shouch'un; Chiang Wei fights fiercely at Ch'angch'eng; Ting Feng's plan to slay Sun Ch'en; Chiang Wei defeats Teng Ai; King Mao drives to his death; Chiang Wei abandons stores and conquers; The king listens to slander and recalls his army; Chiang Wei takes command of the cantonments and escapes death; Chung Hui divides his army; apparition of Wu Hou; Teng gets through Yinp'ing pass; Chuko dies at Mienchu; A filial prince dies; jealousy between leaders; False desertion; a subtle scheme; a second abdication resembles the first; A veteran offers new plans; Sun Hao surrenders and the three states re-unite ER -