為什么中國的三國時期這么重要？為什么比其他內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時期受到更多關注？

Feng Xian, former Research Associate atEurasian Center (2017-2018)
Answered Dec 28
1; it was early but not that early. If youread the history about the warring state or spring- autumn period, you wouldhave no idea of most of generals and politicians and battles because theexisting records lack of details. But the three kingdoms one provided a very indetail descxtion of most of influential characters and events.

1、它屬于早期，但不是那么早。如果你閱讀戰(zhàn)國或者春秋時期的歷史，你都對大部分的政治家和將軍以及戰(zhàn)役不了解，因為現(xiàn)存的記錄不是很詳細。但是對三國時期的歷史記錄就很詳細了，尤其是那些最重要的人物和事件。

2: In Northern-Southern Dynasties period,betrayal happened frequently. In Sui-Tang dynasties, brothers murdered eachother. In Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, all historical figures hadshort life spans, betrayed and were betrayed, did crazy things like fuckedtheir sons' women, ate human meat, or hundred thousands of men and women wereforced to go on the front to shield the army behind which was attacking thecity the their relatives defended, or the hero after victory suddenly dressedlike a woman to dance everyday and etc, which would be a very good source forgame of throne however.

2、在南北朝時期，背叛經(jīng)常發(fā)生。在隋唐，兄弟互相殺害。在五代十國時期，所有歷史人物都很短命，背叛或者被背叛，做出瘋狂的舉動，比如奸淫自己兒子的老婆，吃人肉，數(shù)萬男男女女走上前線掩護軍隊，而躲在后面的軍隊攻擊的對象是這些男女的親戚們所守衛(wèi)的城鎮(zhèn)，或者英雄在取得勝利后突然打扮成女性每日跳舞等等的怪事情。這是權力游戲的極好素材。

In the Three Kingdoms period however, youhave some figures with long life spans who developed from low to high and hadsome basic moral codes, like how Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang, how defeatedgenerals were respected, and how Cao, Liu, Sun set up their dynasties after somany experiences they had. This made writing and recreation based on maincharacters possible.

然而在三國時期，一些人物的壽命很長，他們從下往上爬，形成了一些基本的道德規(guī)范，比如劉備信任諸葛亮，失敗的將軍得到信任，以及曹操，劉備和孫權在經(jīng)歷了那么多后如何建立起自己的朝代。這使得根據(jù)主要人物進行寫作和娛樂變得可能。

3: the names in the Three Kingdoms wereeasy to be remembered. Due to the name reform earlier, most of characters inthree kingdoms had no more than two characters: one character for family nameanother for last name. There are only few exceptions like Zhuge that had twocharacters for the family name. This made the names easy to be remembered.

3、三國的人名很好記。由于更早之前的名字改革，三國里的大部分人名不超過兩個字，姓一個字，名一個字。只有一些例外，比如諸葛，姓是兩個字。所以名字很好記。

But if you look at the Notthern-Southerndynasties period, it had a lot of barbarians involved so the names were likefour characters. In the late Tang Dynasty and five generations and ten kingdomperiods, the Han also had at least three characters in their names(one forfamily name and two for last name). This made it difficult to even remember thenames and thus public lacks of interest to know more about them.

但是你看看南北朝時期，有很多蠻人加入，所以名字有四個字。在晚唐和五代十國時期，漢人的名字里至少有三個字（姓一個字，名兩個字）。所以名字不好記，因此公眾就沒有了想要進一步了解他們的興趣了。

4: political and cultural reasons alsoplayed a big part here. The Shu faction was considered the good one here by theEastern Jin dynasty, though the Jin dunasty was developed from the Wei Dynasty,later on because its action of Northern campaign represented the obxtive forunification. This attitude was inherited by many dynasties later on.

4、政治和文化原因也扮演了重要作用。東晉認為蜀國是好的，雖然晉朝是從魏朝發(fā)展而來的，后來因為其北伐運動代表了統(tǒng)一的目標。這種態(tài)度被后來的很多朝代繼承。

Culturally, the chaos in the Three Kingdomscreated a lot of heroes. In China, the hero worship is a big part in culture.Many of these generals and strategists had their own temples and stories in thelocal by the people. Eventually this worship led to the national level and thestate level in which the heros were officially recognized by the state as Gods.Guan yu is apparently the most popular one as the Qing Dynasty nominated him asthe Supreme God in Heaven.

文化上，三國的混亂產(chǎn)生了很多英雄。在中國，英雄崇拜是文化的重要部分。其中的很多將軍和戰(zhàn)略家都有自己的廟宇和故事，當?shù)厝私ǖ?，被當?shù)厝藗髡b。這種崇拜甚至上升到國家級別，被國家正式承認為神明。其中關羽是最著名的，清朝推他為至高之神。

Bartholomew Tran
Jan 2
Guan Yu is definitely most popular. I gointo the market and I see his statues up high in the shelves

關羽確實是最受歡迎的。我去市場看到他的雕塑高高的立在貨架上。

Luna Chen, Nativie Chinese, know history ofThree Kingdoms very well
Answered Feb 27, 2018

The historical length of Three Kindomsperiod is suitable. Every small paragraph has a protagonist, the climax oneafter another. If time is too long, too many characters, people can notremember,like Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period(春秋戰(zhàn)國時期). Iftime is too short, too few characters, people feel uninteresting, like Chu–HanContention(楚漢之爭). So many wonderful stories have been adapted into dramas, wellknown by ordinary people. This has laid the foundation for the later adaptationof the novel.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was one ofFour Great Classic Novels in China. The portrayal of the characters in thenovel is particularly successful, and it is easy to remember.
Because ordinary people are familiar withthe stories during Three Kingdoms period, the influence is very profound.

三國時期的歷史長度是合適的。每一小段都有一個主角，高潮迭起。如果時間長度太長，人物太多，人們無法記住，比如春秋戰(zhàn)國時期。如果歷史長度太短，人物太少，人們又覺得沒意思，比如楚漢之爭。有很多很棒的故事被改編成戲劇，為普通人所熟知。這為后來的小說改編奠定了基礎。三國演義是中國的四大經(jīng)典名著之一。里面的人物描繪尤其成功，而且很容易記憶。
因為普通人很熟悉三國時期的故事，所以影響非常深遠。

Xane Feng, I am Chinese
Answered Dec 28
There are four Great Classical Novels inChinese literature:
Journey to the West
Water Margin
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Dream of the Red Chamber
Literally everyone in China knows aboutthose four novels.
Most people do not know the real history ofthe Three Kingdoms, they just know the stories from the Romance. They think ZhuGeliang was some kind of military genius, or that Zhang Fei routed a millionsoldiers with a single roar.
An interesting fact: the Manchus of Qingused a strategy from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to make the Ming Emperorkill his own best general. What’s more, that strategy came from a completelyfictional story from the novel!
A made-up story determined 300 years ofChinese history!

中國文學里有四本經(jīng)典小說：
西游記，水滸傳，三國演義，紅樓夢?；旧厦總€中國人都知道這四部小說的存在。但是大部分人不知道三國的真實歷史，他們只知道三國演義里的故事。他們認為諸葛亮是某個軍事天才，或者認為張飛一人可以單挑百萬大軍。
一個有趣的事實是：滿人用三國演義里的一個策略讓明朝皇帝殺死了自己最好的將軍。此外，這個策略來自于這本小說里面的一個完全虛構的故事！
一個虛構的故事就決定了300年的中國歷史！