Why Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of Three Kingdoms
I read patriamreminisci's review criticized about the Romance of Three Kingdoms and I thought.
I'm not good at English, so I don't understand his opinion, but I'll tell you my opinion.
Luo Guanzhong wrote the Three Kingdoms background because of the Chinese inferiority and feelings of resentment.
First, we need to know the historical background of China where the Three Kingdoms were created.
The age of Luo Guanzhong living was the most disgraceful and tragic in Chinese history.
At that time, the mainland China was ruled by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
The pride of the Chinese, who had been conquered and ruled by the Khitan契丹, Jurchen女眞 and Mongolian for 400 years, was greatly broken.
The pride of the Chinese, who had been dominated by the foreign dynasties for 400 years, was broken, and anger and resentment developed.
In the 14th century, Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 shouted the Chinese revival, destroying the Mongol empire and establishing the Ming Dynasty.
Luo Guanzhong was a subordinate of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , who made a contribution to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 declared the resurrection of the great Chinese dynasty.
However, the Mongol empire still threatened the Ming Dynasty while dominating Mongolia and Central Asia.
The stiffness of the Mongolian empire still approached the Ming Dynasty with anxiety and fear.
The Chinese feared again that the Mongols might conquer the Chinese continent.
Most of all, the history of the shame that the great Chinese were ruled by barbaric empires for 400 years puts the Chinese into inferiority.
In order to eliminate the fear, anxiety, inferiority, and shame of the Chinese, Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of Three Kingdoms.
This is the background of the Three Kingdoms, which promotes the Chinese and civilization as the best in the world.
It is the Three Kingdoms created by shame and inferiority hidden behind the arrogance of the Chinese.
Your article is insightful, but I've got to take it with a grain of salt.
Given the timing of the work's publication (immediately after driving out the Mongolian Empire, or Yuan Dynasty, whichever you prefer), I can see an argument for it being written out of bitterness more than anything else (as you suggest) and in fact this would explain a lot: the unusual decision to cast Cao Cao, ruler of the Northern "Wei" kingdom, as a villain for example, fits with the archetype of the "northern barbarians," and by placing emphasis on Liu Bei's ties to the Han Dynasty there is a less-than-subtle racial undertone (the Han vs. the Northern foe).
However, given my experience with the Chinese, I would say that this bitterness was made worse by the fact that their entire society was already built upon a pre-existing sense of superiority. I wrote about this once upon a time, and Stephen W. Mosher (who lived in the Chinese diaspora for 13 years) came to similar conclusions. Simply put, many nations have been conquered and subjugated in history, and have faced the shame of that after driving their conquerors out centuries later (the Persians went through this with the Medes, the Egyptians with the Hyksos, and the Koreans went through this with the Chinese if I'm not mistaken). But for the Chinese, there was an unmistakable sense of "but this time it was us, and this kind of thing is simply not supposed to happen to the 'Great and Glorious Central Nation.' "
In short, I can agree that it was written from shame, but it seems to me that this shame stems more from an arrogant sense of superiority than an inferiority complex.
Anyway, your response was well-written. If you don't mind, I'd like to add a link to it in my original review while it's still fresh enough to edit.
thank you for your well response! but i am not good at english , so I understand your writing a bit. Please understand my lack of ability. I was surprised by your excellent understanding and knowledge of Chinese history. I also like Chinese history, so I want to talk to you a lot.
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