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The 12 pages that link to Records of the Three Kingdoms, each with the reason it gives.

• Three KingdomsRelated: It is the main surviving historical account of the period and its rulers.

• Romance of the Three KingdomsRelated: It provides a major historical source for events and figures the novel dramatizes.

• ShijiRelated: Its later use of annals and biographies shows the Shiji’s lasting historiographical template.

• Cao CaoRelated: It is a foundational source for Cao Cao’s political and military career.

• Zhuge LiangRelated: It is the principal early historical account of Zhuge Liang’s life and service.

• Battle of Red CliffsRelated: It is a principal early source for the battle and its participants.

• Book of HanCompared with: Its compact treatment of a divided age differs from the Book of Han’s account of a unified dynasty.

• Liu BeiRelated: It is the principal early historical source for Liu Bei’s life and reign.

• Cao PiRelated: It is a foundational source for Cao Pi’s reign and its political setting.

• Luo GuanzhongCompared with: This earlier historical source provides a point of comparison for the novel’s inventions and alterations.

• Zhou YuRelated: Its Wu biographies preserve the principal historical account of Zhou Yu’s life.

• Hua TuoRelated: Its biography of Hua Tuo underlies much of what later generations know about him.