Similarities and differences between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin

First, the difference between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin:

1, different historical backgrounds:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the history of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. "Water Margin" mainly describes the story of 108 heroes gathered in Liangshan Park, Shandong Province at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.

2. The content of the strategy is different:

Luo Guanzhong, the author of The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, put the thirty-six strategies of Sun Tzu's Art of War between the lines, including both the plot and the strategy of Sun Tzu's Art of War. The plot content of Water Margin is fragmentary, and a large space describes the outline of intelligence and birth.

3. Different content organizations:

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Scarf Uprising, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, competing with others, the struggle of the Three Kingdoms, and the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin, which are mainly organized through events. "Water Margin" focuses on the organization of characters' stories, and black powder will appear in the 100 list.

2. Similarities between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin:

1, the theme is mainly war:

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms mainly describes the war, telling the story of the warlord melee in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. "Water Margin" describes the grand story of Liangshan heroes who resisted oppression, grew up in Liangshan, Shui Bo, joined the army in the Song Dynasty, and finally perished.

2, everything has the content of martial arts:

In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are counselors Zhuge Liang, Yu Xun, Xun You, Jia Xu and Guo Jia, military commanders Zhang Liao, Huang Xu, Xia Houdun, Xia, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. There are military advisers Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng, military commanders Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and Guan Sheng in Water Margin.

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Related literary achievements:

The artistic achievement of The Romance of The Three Kingdoms is more important in military and political description and characterization. Novels are best at describing wars and can write the characteristics of each war. Pay attention to describing the application of different strategies and tactics under specific conditions, and guide the subjective initiative of combat, instead of spending the main pen and ink on the simple strength and martial arts contest.

The Water Margin is the first vernacular novel in the history of China. As a new style, it has since established its due position in the field of literature, and began to gradually change the face of the literary world with poetry as its authenticity.

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