Luo Guanzhong

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Luó Guànzhōng ( Chinese  羅貫中  /  罗贯中 ), born as Luó Běn ( 羅 本  /  罗 本 ; * around 1330 in Taiyuan or Qiantang ; † probably around 1400 in Qiantang ) was a Chinese writer who wrote The Story of the Three Kingdoms and the publication of Attributed to the robbers from Liang-Schan-Moor . These are two of the most important adventure epics in Chinese literature .

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life of Luo Guanzhong. From the records of Jia Zhongming ( 賈仲明  /  贾仲明 ), who met him in 1364, we know that he must have lived at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty . He is said to come from Taiyuan , but some literary historians doubt this, and suspect Hangzhou and Jiangnan as his homeland, among others . According to Meng Fanren ( 孟繁 仁 ), Luo Guanzhong appears in the family tree of the Luo family. Then it would be very likely that his hometown is Taiyuan.

Recent research has shown that his date of birth is between 1315 and 1318.

Literary historians are not sure whether Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong are the same person, or whether the name was used as a pseudonym by the editor of The Robbers of Liang Shan Moor so as not to be associated with motives critical of the government in his work .

Works

It is believed that the narratives that make up the core of The Tale of the Three Kingdoms and The Robbers of Liang Shan Moor were independently developed by several narrators. Shi Nai'an is considered to be the first to put the robbers together as a complete work. Luo Guanzhong put the book into the hundred-chapter form. Luo Guanzhong is widely regarded as the author of The Story of the Three Kingdoms , but Shi Naian is occasionally suspected of being the editor.

Sansui Pingyao Zhuan ( 三 遂平 妖 傳  /  三 遂平 妖 传 ), also known as Pingyao Zhuan ( 平 妖 傳  /  平 妖 传 ), is a ghost story in twenty chapters attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It grew out of stories of an uprising at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty . It was later expanded to 40 chapters by Feng Menglong ( 馮夢龍  /  冯梦龙 ).

Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanyi ( 殘 唐 五代 史 演義  /  残 唐 五代 史 演义 ) reports on the end of the Tang Dynasty and the following Five Dynasties and Ten Empires . It is a compilation of stories about the rebellion of Zhu Wen .

bibliography

  • The Story of the Three Kingdoms ( 三國 演義  /  三国演义 , Sānguó Yǎnyì )
  • The robbers from Liang-Schan-Moor ( 水滸傳  /  水浒传 , Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn ), controversial according to current research
  • Sansui Pingyao Zhuan ( 三 遂平 妖 傳  /  三 遂平 妖 传 )
  • Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanyi ( 殘 唐 五代 史 演義  /  残 唐 五代 史 演义 )
  • Fenzhuang Luo ( 粉 妝 樓  /  粉 妆 楼 )
  • Sui Tang Zhizhuan ( 隋 唐志 傳  /  隋 唐志 传 ), according to current research, the original has been lost
  • Sui Tang Liangchao Zhizhuan ( 隋唐 兩朝 志 傳  /  隋唐 两朝 志 传 ), revised edition of Sui Tang Zhizhuan

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ouyang Jian, cited in Roberts 1991, p. 938
  2. ↑ "Sui Tang Zhizhuan (隋 唐志 傳 / 隋 唐志 传)" - Chinese: [1] - Retrieved January 28, 2017 - baike.baidu.com - Online

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Luo Guanzhong  - Sources and full texts (Chinese)
personal data
SURNAME Luo Guanzhong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luó Guànzhōng; Luo Ben; t = 羅貫中 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese writer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1330
PLACE OF BIRTH Taiyuan
DATE OF DEATH around 1400
Place of death Qiantang