{"product_id":"three-kingdoms-9780520935198","title":"Three Kingdoms","description":"\u003ci\u003eThree Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and remains a great work of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eabridged\u003c\/b\u003e edition is particularly useful for undergraduate courses.  For the complete text, see the \u003cb\u003eunabridged\u003c\/b\u003e edition, now available in two parts:  \u003ca href=\"\/books\/pages\/9328.php\"\u003ePart One\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/books\/pages\/9329.php\"\u003ePart Two\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"Guanzhong Luo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48200079606011,"sku":"9780520935198","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/three-kingdoms-9780520935198","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}