三國(guó)演義（全三冊(cè)）

　　Luo Guanzhong Translatcd from the Chlncsc with Notes and an Afterword byMOSS ROBERTS Foreword byJOHN S. SERVICE"T he 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 iswiclded， how diplomacy is conducted， andhow wars are planned and fought; it hasinfiucnced 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 emperorfearing uprisings by peasant rebels known aathe 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 Centennial Book Luo Guanzhong （ 1330？-1400？） was a novelistand dramatist who played an important rolein the devclopment of Chincsc popularfiction.Moss Robcrts is Profcssor of Chincse at NewYork Univcrsity. He has publishcd anahridgted translation of Three Kingdoms（ Pantheon 1976 ） and is thc translator ofChinesc Fairy Tales and Fantasies （ Pantheon1979）.John S. Scrvicc， the son ofan Amcricanmissionary， was born in China and was aForfign Scrvice offieer therc from 1933 to1945. He is a Fellow at thc Center fur ChincseStudies at the Univcrsity ufCalifornia，Berkeley， and is an authority on Chineseeulture and politics. He' is also the cditor ofGolden lnches： the China Memoir of Graceseruice （California 1989 ）.Published in cooperation withUnivcrsity ofCalifornia PressJacket dcsign： Wang Zhi

　　羅貫中（約1330—約1400），漢族，名本，字貫中，號(hào)湖海散人。山西太原人，一說(shuō)錢塘（現(xiàn)在浙江杭州）或廬陵（現(xiàn)在江西吉安）人。元末明初著名小說(shuō)家、戲曲家，是中國(guó)章回小說(shuō)的鼻祖。一生著作頗豐，主要作品有：劇本《趙太祖龍虎風(fēng)云會(huì)》《忠正孝子連環(huán)諫》、《三平章死哭蜚虎子》；小說(shuō)《隋唐兩朝志傳》《殘?zhí)莆宕费萘x》《三遂平妖傳》《粉妝樓》、和施耐庵合著的《水滸傳》、代表作《三國(guó)演義》等。羅貫中生于元末明初的封建王朝時(shí)代。作為與“倡優(yōu)”、“妓藝”為伍的戲曲平話作家，當(dāng)時(shí)被視為勾欄瓦舍的下九流，正史不可能為他寫經(jīng)作傳。惟一可看到的是一位明代無(wú)名氏編著的一本小冊(cè)子《錄鬼簿續(xù)編》，上寫：“羅貫中，太原人，號(hào)湖海散人。與人寡合，樂(lè)府隱語(yǔ)，極為清新。與余為忘年交，遭時(shí)多故，天各一方。至正甲辰復(fù)會(huì)，別來(lái)又六十余年，竟不知其所終?！钡珡牧_貫中的傳世之作《三國(guó)演義》中，體現(xiàn)出羅貫中的博大精深之才，經(jīng)天緯地之氣。他精通軍事學(xué)、心理學(xué)、智謀學(xué)、公關(guān)學(xué)、人才學(xué)……如果沒有超人的智慧，豐富的實(shí)踐，執(zhí)著的追求，何以能成為這般全才？他主張國(guó)家統(tǒng)一，熱愛中華民族，弘揚(yáng)民族傳統(tǒng)美德，痛恨奸詐邪惡。