This time period has been greatly romanticized in works such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Also in the 2000s, My Chemical Romance released four concept albums, the most popular being Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and The Black Parade.

In 2011, Digweed's music was featured in the film movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.

Here, Mao was taught the value systems of Confucianism, one of the dominant moral ideologies in China, but he would later admit that he did not enjoy reading the classical Chinese texts which preached Confucian morals, instead favouring popular novels such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.

Alternatively the guan dao is also known as " Chun Qiu Da Dao " or ' Spring Autumn Great Knife ', again probably related to Guan Yu's loyal image depicted in the Ming dynasty novel ' Romance of the Three Kingdoms ', but possibly a Ming author invention.

The one Japanese-only game was Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire.

* Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a guan dao wielded by General Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

In 2008, The Chemical Brothers ' music was featured in a movie adaption of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.

In the Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai ' an wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin respectively, which became two of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is also seen as a possible early antecedent, and contains classic close-combat descriptions that were later borrowed by wuxia writers in their works.

* Luo Guanzhong ( 1330 – 1400 ), Chinese writer ; author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Ming Dynasty historical novel based on events in the Three Kingdoms period.

) Mao Zonggang, a commentator on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, mentions in his commentary on Chapter 120 of the novel that:

He further argues that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms defines the end of the era as 280, the downfall of Wu, justifying:

It is at this point that the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms begins its narrative.

His next book, Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance ( 1996 ), became his most high-profile work since Trainspotting, released in the wave of publicity surrounding the film.

* Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance ( 1996 )

By the age of eight, he was reading other traditional Chinese novels, including the Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Mansion.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce's most senior officers, such as Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Cheng Pu remained loyal ; in fact it was mentioned in Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Sun Ce had at his deathbed reminded Sun Quan that " in internal matters, consult Zhang Zhao, in external matters, consult Zhou Yu.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th-century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.

* Huang Hao: eunuch in the state of Shu ; also appears in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

An epistolary wonder tale with parallels suggesting its author knew the Romance of Alexander and the above-mentioned Acts of Thomas, the Letter was supposedly written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus ( 1143 – 1180 ) by Prester John, descendant of one of the Three Magi and King of India.

*" Helena " ( song ), 2004 song by My Chemical Romance from the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

* Qin Shi Huang is one of the 32 historical figures who appear as special characters in the video game Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI by Koei.

The film, was based on the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Some authors feel that China originated the novel form with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong ( in the 14th century ), although others feel that this epic is distinct from the novel in key ways.

** Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( 三國演義 ， 三国演义 ), by Luo Guanzhong ( 羅貫中 ， 罗贯中 )

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a historical novel set amidst the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, starting in 169 and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.

Abbott's best-known work is his 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions which describes a two-dimensional world and explores the nature of dimensions.

The book's subtitle also describes itself as a " Romance of the far future ," not far removed from " Scientific Romance " works of H. G.

Butler's poem describes a " trew blew " Puritan knight during the Interregnum in language that imitates Romance and epic poetry.

The title Casual Romance Club directly describes the club made up by the protagonist's friend, Jordan Price.

However, while the famous novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong describes him as wielding the guan dao, this description may have been an anachronistic one intended to make the character seem more imposing: historically speaking there was no evidence to show that Guan Yu used the weapon that is thus attributed to him, and indeed there is no indication of the existence of what is now known as the guan dao prior to the 11th century, when it was first illustrated in the military manual Wujing Zongyao.

Thus, students learn Chinese culture by reading not only Confucius, Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also Mencius, Xun Zi, Han Feizi, and Mozi, as well as historical narratives by Sima Qian and the Zuo Zhuan, the later movement of Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi, narrative works such as Journey to the West or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the great Chinese poets, Li Bai, Wang Wei and Du Fu.

As described in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zuo Ci was a Taoist known under the name of Master Black Horn ( 烏角先生 ).

* The Blithedale Romance ( 1852 ) by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a fictional account inspired by, but not specifically depicting, Hawthorne's experiences at the Brook Farm experiment.

The Battle of Jiameng Pass is a fictional battle in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The following are some fictional events related to the battle mentioned in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

As for the other characters not from either of the Three Kingdoms, their Musou story modes are purely fictional since in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, most or all of them were eliminated until only the Three Kingdoms were left.

The Oath of the Peach Garden was a fictional event in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Luo Guanzhong, the author of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fleshed out the stories for each capture, inventing many fictional people such as Meng You, Lady Zhurong, and King Mulu.

Ma Yunlu is a fictional character in Fan Sanguo Yanyi ( 反三國演義 ), a retelling of Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by early Republican era writer Zhou Dahuang ( 周大荒 ).

The Battle of Sishui Pass is a fictional battle described in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Xing Daorong ( died 209 ) is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Cen Pi is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms Wang Yun was the adoptive father of the possibly fictional Diaochan, whom he used to seduce both Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo.

Bian Xi ( died 200 ) is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The Battle of Hulao Pass is a fictional battle described in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter, by 19th century author Frank Stockton, is a satirical novel relating the adventures of a fictional daughter of Bonnet named Kate.

Although the name of Ms. Banks is attributed to a fictional novelist, there have been uses of this name to sell Romance novels in the past.

Cheng Yuanzhi is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The fictional Mademoiselle de Maupin, from Six Drawings Illustrating Theophile Gautier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin by Aubrey Beardsley, 1898

Deng Mao is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Kong Xiu ( died 200 ) is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Xiahou En ( died 208 ) is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Han Fu ( died 200 ) is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Wutugu is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The category also contains fictional characters found in the 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong.

The Land of Darkness enjoyed popularity in fictional medieval travel literature such as the Alexander Romance and the Travels of Sir John Mandeville.