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unusual facts about Three Kingdoms period



Chinese creation myth

However, none of the ancient Chinese classics mentions the Pangu myth, which was first recorded in the (3rd century CE) Sanwu liji 三五歴記 "Historical Records of the Three Sovereign Divinities and the Five Gods", attributed to the Three Kingdoms period Daoist author Xu Zheng.

Ruan Ji

As is traditionally depicted, a certain group of seven scholar/musician/poets wishing to escape the intrigues, corruption and stifling atmosphere of court life during the politically fraught Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history habitually gathered in the obscurity of a bamboo grove near the house of Xi Kang (aka Ji Kang) in Shanyang (now in Henan province).


see also

Bo lei

Lei Bo, an officer in the Three Kingdoms Period of ancient China

Boyi

Guo Yi, a minister of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history whose Chinese style name was Boyi (伯益)

Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms

Records of the Three Kingdoms, a history of the Three Kingdoms period of China.

Samguk Sagi, a history of the Three Kingdoms period of Korea.

Il-sung

Ilseong of Silla (r. 134–154), Silla Dynasty ruler during Korea's Three Kingdoms period

Jue

Dong Jue, court official and general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period

LTK

Legends of the Three Kingdoms, a Chinese popular card game based on the Three Kingdoms period of China and the semi-fictional novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms (ROTK).

Northern Expeditions

Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions (247-262), a military campaign led by Jiang Wei in the Three Kingdoms period

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions (228-234), a military campaign led by Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period

Sun Wu

Sun Wu, an alternative name for Eastern Wu, a state in southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms period

Tutelary deity

Guan Yu is a well-known tutelary from the Three Kingdoms period.

Yang Hong

Yang Hong (Shu Han) (楊洪), style name Jixiu (季休), Shu official of the Three Kingdoms period, see Records of the Three Kingdoms

Zhang Wenyuan

Zhang Liao, style name Wenyuan, a general of the Three Kingdoms period

Zhang Yi

Zhang Ni (died 254), often misspelled as Zhang Yi, general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period

Zhongda

Zhongda, the style name of Sima Yi, Cao Wei's general during China's Three Kingdoms period