| Preface |
by C. H. Brewitt-Taylor and Khang Nguyen |
| Commentary |
by Dr Rafe de Crespigny |
| Introduction |
Outlines of Chinese History from Mythology to the Three Kingdoms |
| Note |
History of the novel ROTK |
| Overture |
The Beginning Song |
| Chapter 1 |
Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood In The Peach Garden;One Victory Shatters The Rebels In Battlegrounds. |
| Chapter 2 |
Zhang Fei Whips The Government Officer;He Jin Plots To Kill The Eunuchs. |
| Chapter 3 |
In Wenming Garden, Dong Zhuo Denounces Ding Yuan;With Red Hare, Li Su Bribes Lu Bu. |
| Chapter 4 |
Deposition Of The Emperor: The Prince Of Chenliu Gets The Throne;Schemes Against Dong Zhuo: Cao Cao Presents A Sword. |
| Chapter 5 |
Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords;The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu. |
| Chapter 6 |
Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity;Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith. |
| Chapter 7 |
Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan;Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River. |
| Chapter 8 |
Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme;Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion. |
| Chapter 9 |
Lu Bu Kills Dong Zhuo For Wang Yun;Li Jue Attacks The Capital On Jia Xu's Advice. |
| Chapter 10 |
Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor;Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father. |
| Chapter 11 |
Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai;Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang. |
| Chapter 12 |
Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuzhou To Liu Bei;Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu. |
| Chapter 13 |
Li Jue and Guo Si Duel In Changan;The Emperor Establishes Anyi The New Capital. |
| Chapter 14 |
Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang;Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou. |
| Chapter 15 |
Taishi Ci Fights With The Little Prince;Sun Ce Cuts Short The White Tiger King. |
| Chapter 16 |
In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd;At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers A Defeat. |
| Chapter 17 |
Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies;Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces. |
| Chapter 18 |
Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory;Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye. |
| Chapter 19 |
Cao Cao Makes Flood In Xiapi;Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower. |
| Chapter 20 |
Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian;Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace. |
| Chapter 21 |
In A Plum Garden, Cao Cao Discusses Heroes;Using The Host's Forces, Guan Yu Takes Xuzhou. |
| Chapter 22 |
Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field;Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals. |
| Chapter 23 |
Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors;Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister. |
| Chapter 24 |
Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong;Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao. |
| Chapter 25 |
Besieged In Tushan, Guan Yu Makes Three Conditions;Relieved At Baima, Cao Cao Beholds A Marvel. |
| Chapter 26 |
Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader;Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth. |
| Chapter 27 |
The Man Of Beautiful Beard Rides On A Solitary Journey;Guan Yu Slays Six Generals Through Five Passes. |
| Chapter 28 |
Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers' Doubts Disappear;Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Lieges Fortify Each Other. |
| Chapter 29 |
The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji;The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land. |
| Chapter 30 |
Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries;Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu. |
| Chapter 31 |
Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting;Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou. |
| Chapter 32 |
Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives;River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes. |
| Chapter 33 |
A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen;An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong. |
| Chapter 34 |
Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret;Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master. |
| Chapter 35 |
Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang;Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye. |
| Chapter 36 |
Shan Fu's Strategy: Fankou Is Captured;Xu Shu's Affection: Zhuge Liang Is Recommended. |
| Chapter 37 |
Sima Hui Recommends A Scholar To Liu Bei;Liu Bei Pays Three Visits To The Sleeping Dragon Ridge. |
| Chapter 38 |
Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms;Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges. |
| Chapter 39 |
At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice;At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle. |
| Chapter 40 |
Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou;Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye. |
| Chapter 41 |
Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River;Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang. |
| Chapter 42 |
Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge;Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin. |
| Chapter 43 |
Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars;Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion. |
| Chapter 44 |
Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions;Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao. |
| Chapter 45 |
At The Three Gorges, Cao Cao Loses Soldiers;In The Gathering Of Heroes, Jiang Gan Is Trapped. |
| Chapter 46 |
Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows;Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment. |
| Chapter 47 |
Kan Ze Presents A Treacherous Letter;Pang Tong Suggests Chaining The Ships. |
| Chapter 48 |
Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song;Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships. |
| Chapter 49 |
On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds;At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire. |
| Chapter 50 |
Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode;Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao. |
| Chapter 51 |
Cao Ren Withstands The South Land;Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu. |
| Chapter 52 |
Zhuge Liang Negotiates With Lu Su;Zhao Zilong Captures Guiyang. |
| Chapter 53 |
Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong;Sun Quan Fights With Zhang Liao. |
| Chapter 54 |
The Dowager Marchioness Sees Her Son-In-Law;The Imperial Uncle Takes A Worthy Consort. |
| Chapter 55 |
Liu Bei Rouses The Spirit Of Lady Sun;Zhuge Liang A Second Time Angers Zhou Yu. |
| Chapter 56 |
Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower;Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time. |
| Chapter 57 |
Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang;Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang. |
| Chapter 58 |
Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge;Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise. |
| Chapter 59 |
Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao;Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui. |
| Chapter 60 |
Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu;Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu. |
| Chapter 61 |
In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan;With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao. |
| Chapter 62 |
The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish;The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival. |
| Chapter 63 |
Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pang Tong;Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan. |
| Chapter 64 |
Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren;Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao. |
| Chapter 65 |
Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass;Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou. |
| Chapter 66 |
Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone;For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life. |
| Chapter 67 |
Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong;Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao. |
| Chapter 68 |
Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp;Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao. |
| Chapter 69 |
Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes;Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State. |
| Chapter 70 |
Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics;Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem. |
| Chapter 71 |
At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success;On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host. |
| Chapter 72 |
Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong;Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley. |
| Chapter 73 |
Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong;Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang. |
| Chapter 74 |
Pang De Takes His Coffin To The Field;Guan Yu Uses Water To Drown The Seven Armies. |
| Chapter 75 |
Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery;Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe. |
| Chapter 76 |
Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian;Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng. |
| Chapter 77 |
Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang;Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount. |
| Chapter 78 |
Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies;Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs. |
| Chapter 79 |
Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems;Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment. |
| Chapter 80 |
Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han;Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage. |
| Chapter 81 |
Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated;Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War. |
| Chapter 82 |
Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities;The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies. |
| Chapter 83 |
Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy;Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command. |
| Chapter 84 |
Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps;Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze. |
| Chapter 85 |
The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian;The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks. |
| Chapter 86 |
Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen;Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi. |
| Chapter 87 |
Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army;Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured. |
| Chapter 88 |
Crossing River Lu: The Mang King Is Bound The Second Time;Recognizing A Pretend Surrender: Meng Huo Is Captured The Third Time. |
| Chapter 89 |
The Lord of Wuxiang Uses The Fourth Ruse;The King of Mang Is Captured The Fifth Time. |
| Chapter 90 |
Chasing Off Wild Beasts, The Prime Minister Defeats The Mangs For The Sixth Time;Burning Rattan Armors, Zhuge Liang Captures Meng Huo The Seventh Time. |
| Chapter 91 |
Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward;Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial. |
| Chapter 92 |
Zhao Zilong Slays Five Generals;Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities. |
| Chapter 93 |
Jiang Wei Goes Over To Zhuge Liang;Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang. |
| Chapter 94 |
Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm;Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March. |
| Chapter 95 |
Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting;Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi. |
| Chapter 96 |
Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death;Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu. |
| Chapter 97 |
Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei;Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army. |
| Chapter 98 |
Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death;Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory. |
| Chapter 99 |
Zhuge Liang Defeats The Wei Army;Sima Yi Invades The West River Land. |
| Chapter 100 |
Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen;Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi. |
| Chapter 101 |
Going Out From Longshang, Zhuge Liang Dresses As A God;Dashing Toward Saber Pass, Zhang He Falls Into A Snare. |
| Chapter 102 |
Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei;Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses. |
| Chapter 103 |
In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped;In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars. |
| Chapter 104 |
A Falling Star: The Prime Minister Ascends To Heaven;A Wooden Statue: The Commander-In-Chief Is Terrified. |
| Chapter 105 |
The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag;The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl. |
| Chapter 106 |
Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death;Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang. |
| Chapter 107 |
The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi;Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills. |
| Chapter 108 |
In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory;At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan. |
| Chapter 109 |
A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded;Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned. |
| Chapter 110 |
Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force;Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats The Enemy. |
| Chapter 111 |
Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei;Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao. |
| Chapter 112 |
Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly;Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes. |
| Chapter 113 |
Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen;Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai. |
| Chapter 114 |
Driving To The South Gate, Cao Mao Plunges Into Death;Abandoning Stores, Jiang Wei Defeats The Wei Army. |
| Chapter 115 |
Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army;Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster. |
| Chapter 116 |
On Hanzhong Roads, Zhong Hui Divides The Army;In Dingjun Mountain, The Martial Lord Shows His Apparition. |
| Chapter 117 |
Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains;Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu. |
| Chapter 118 |
Weeping At The Ancestral Temple, A Filial Prince Dies;Marching To The West River Land, Two Leaders Competes. |
| Chapter 119 |
The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan;The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient. |
| Chapter 120 |
Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans;Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One. |