novel story - Romance of Three Kingdoms - Chinese classical novel

All worlds in the sky for a long period of division, tends to unite after a long period of unity again, tends to fall apart.
Written by Luo Guanzhong (W / -) in the late Yuan and early Ming period (the exact time is unknown), continue to Romance of Three Kingdoms, the most popular novels in the Chinese classical literature all these years.
The period of the Three Kingdoms, from late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Jin (169-265 AD) lasted about ninety years, and was a very chaotic time, got into the heroes compete with each other and legends have been. The most famous incident was one of the decisive battle in ancient China, the Battle of Chibi (DA), where the southern warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan numerically superior Cao Cao with the order of the Allies cross the Yangtze River. The fighting stopped Cao Cao conquered the south and marked the boundaries of the three forces is the basis for the formation of the Three Kingdoms.
Over seventy percent of the true historical documents, the novel has been rewritten several times. It was based on recordings of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty, and historical notes by Pei Songzhi the southern dynasty instead. The romance of development of United Three's historical facts and stories is a common technique that followed later novels of Chinese classics have. In fact, the modern world as we know it today, it is also common, based movies and books of history written in part on historical facts to see. This technique has been used in western movies.
The story of the three main characters, Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu. Cao Cao was a little sore, depicted as traitors and evil Lord while Zhuge Liang Guan Yu, and were endowed with virtuous qualities Confucius humility, loyalty and justice. This preference is partly based on the belief that the early Chinese, Liu was the case (with Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu) serves the Orthodox rule descendant of the royal family, Han.