三國演義.下

　　Luo Guanzhong Translatcd from the Chlncsc with Notes and an Afterword byMOSS ROBERTS Foreword by JOHN S. SERVICE"The empire， long divided， must unite;long united， must divide. Thus it hascvcr been." With this characterization of theincvitable cycle ofChinese history， themonumental tale Three Kingdoms begins. Asimportant for Chinese culture as the Homericepics have bcen for the West， this Mingdynasty masterpiece continues to be read andloved throughout China as well as in Japan，Korca， and Vietnam. The novel offers astartling and unsparing view of how power iswielded， how diplomacy is conducted， andhow wars are planned and fought; it hasinflucnced the ways that Chinese think aboutpowcr， diplomacy， and war even to this day.Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful momentat thc end of the Han dynasty （206 B.C.-A.D.220） when the future of the Chinese empirelay in the balance. Writing morc than amillennium later， Luo Guanzhong drew onoftcn-told tales of this turbulent period tofashion a sophisticatcd， compelling narrative，whose characters display vivid individualityand epic grandeur.The story begins when the emperor，fearing uprisings by peasant rebels known asthe Yellow Scarves， scnds an urgent appeal tothe provinces for popular support. Inresponse， three young men-thc aristocraticLiu Xuande， the fugitive Lord Guan， and thepig-butcher Zhang Fei-meet to pledgeetemal brotherhood and fealty to theirbeleaguered government. From thesc eventscomes a chain of cause and consequence thatleads ultimately to the collapse of the Han.Moss Roberts's new translation providesfor the first time an authoritative， annotatedEnglish-language version of this great andenduring work of world literature. A Centcnnial BookLuo Guanzhong （ 1330？-1400？） was a novelistand dramatist who played an important rolein the development of Chinesc popularfietion.Moss Roberts is Professor of Chinese at NewYork University. He has published anabridgted translation of Three Kingdoms（ Pantheon 1976 ） and is thc translator ofChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies （ Pantheon1979）.John S. Serviee， the son ofan Americanmissionary， was born in China and was aForfign Serviee offieer therc from 1933 to1945. He is a Fellow at thc Center fur ChincseStudies at the Univcrsity ufCalifornia，Berkeley， and is an authority on Chineseculture and politics. He is also the cditor ofGolden lnclnes： the China Memoir of Graceseruice （California 1989 ）.Publishcd in cooperation withUnivcrsity ofCalifornia PressJacket dsign： Wang Zhi

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