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Moss roberts is professor of chinese at new york university. When the rebel leader guan hai saw these new forces arriving, he led out his army to fight them, thinking he could easily dispose of so small a force. Luo guanzhongs version in 24 volumes, known as the sanguozhi tongsu yanyi, is now held in the shanghai library in china. Discover it in this new edition with illustrations from ming and qing dynasties and the whole text in simplified chinese. The three kingdoms is an epic chinese novel written over six centuries ago. The game is based on the famous chinese historical novel by luo guanzhong about a. Three kingdoms chinese classics, 4 volumes 7119005901. Three kingdoms, a historical novel by guanzhong luo paperback. Romance of the three kingdoms volume ii of iii book.