{"product_id":"three-kingdoms-chinese-classics-4-volumes-9787119005904","title":"Three Kingdoms (Chinese Classics  4 Volumes)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The empire  long divided  must unite; long united  must divide. Thus it has ever been.\" Echoing the rhythms of Chinese history itself  the monumental tale Three Kingdoms begins. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West  this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China today. Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful moment at the end of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) when the future of the Chinese empire lay in the balance. Fearing attacks by three rebellious states  the emperor sent out an urgent appeal for support. In response  three young men - the aristocratic Liu Xuande  the fugitive Lord Guan  and the pig butcher Zhang Fei - met to swear eternal brotherhood and fealty to their beleaguered country. Their vow set in motion the series of events that ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Han. Writing centuries later  Luo Guanzhong drew on  often-told tales of this turbulent period to fashion a sophisticated narrative of loyalty and treachery  triumph and defeat  that came to epitomize all that was best and worst in the life of his country. Illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666408464437,"sku":"ByrdShop_7119005901","price":53.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9787119005904.jpg?v=1782431045","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/three-kingdoms-chinese-classics-4-volumes-9787119005904","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}