Were the stories written in Romance of the Three Kingdoms purely fictional or based on history?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a historical novel. The stories described in it were not completely fictional, but many of them were adapted and created based on historical events and characters. In novels, some characters and events have a certain historical basis. For example, the images and stories of historical figures such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are the products of historical research and literary imagination. At the same time, some of the plots and stories in the novel, such as the Battle of Red Cliff and the Battle of Lu Bu, also reflected some famous battles and battles in history. However, there were also some fictional plots in the novel, such as the Yellow Turban Uprising and the Dong Zhuo incident. These plots were processed and created on the basis of history. Therefore, not all the stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms were historical facts, but many of them were works that reflected history and human nature.
