| | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme | |
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| | lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb | |
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| | Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义) | |
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| | lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義｜三国演义) / fig. things are constantly changing | |
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| | Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
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| | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義｜三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩｜蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父｜许廑父 | |
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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區｜黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡｜黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義｜三国演义 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai | |
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| | Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義｜三国演义) (idiom) | |
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| | Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩｜蔡东藩 | |
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| | Chu Renhuo (1635-1682), author of historical novel Dramatized History of Sui and Tang 隋唐演義｜隋唐演义 | |
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| | Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳｜陈仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義｜封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星｜陆西星 | |
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| | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳｜许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義｜封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星｜陆西星 | |
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| | Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義｜封神演义 is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳｜许仲琳 | |
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| | Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲｜褚人获 | |
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