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Luo Guanzhong

Luo GuanzhongChinese name

Traditional Chinese 羅 貫 中Simplified Chinese 罗 贯 中Hanyu Pinyin Luó Guànzhōng

Transcriptions

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin Luó Guànzhōng

- Wade–Giles Lo Kuan-chung

Cantonese (Yue)

- Yale Romanization Lo4 Gun4 Jung1

Birth name

Traditional Chinese 羅 本Simplified Chinese 罗 本

Transcriptions

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin Luó Běn

- Wade–Giles Lo Pen

Cantonese (Yue)

- Yale Romanization Lo4 Bun2

Also known as

Traditional Chinese 湖 海 散 人Simplified Chinese 湖 海 散 人Literal meaning Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas

Transcriptions

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin Húhǎi Sǎnrén

- Wade–Giles Ho-hai San-jen

Cantonese (Yue)

- Yale Romanization Wu4 Hoi2 Saan2 Yan4

Vietnamese name

Vietnamese La Quán Trung

Luo Guanzhong 2

Hán tự 羅 貫 中

Korean name

Hangul 나관중

Hanja 羅 貫 中

Transcriptions

- RevisedRomanization

Na Gwan-jung

- McCune-Reischauer

Na Kwan-jung

Japanese name

Kanji 羅 貫 中

Hiragana ら か ん ち ゅ う

Transcriptions

- Romanization Ra Kanchū

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Luo.Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400[1]), better known by his style name Luo Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwɔ kwantʂʊŋ]),was a Chinese writer of the early Ming Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was also known as Huhai Sanren(Chinese: 湖 海 散 人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; literally "Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas"). Luo was attributed withwriting Romance of the Three Kingdoms and editing Water Margin, two of the Four Great Classical Novels ofChinese literature.

IdentityLuo is confirmed to have lived during the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty by the record of hiscontemporary, play writer Jia Zhongming (賈 仲 明), who met him in 1364. It states that he was from Taiyuan,while literary historians suggest other possibilities about his home, including Hangzhou and Jiangnan. According toMeng Fanren (孟 繁 仁), Luo can be identified in the pedigree of the Luo family, and Taiyuan is most likely hishome town.Recent research has suggested that his date of birth was between 1315-1318.[2]

WorksThe stories forming the bulk of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin are thought to have beendeveloped by many independent storytellers. Shi Naian is thought to be the first to assemble Water Margin into aunified work, and Luo subsequently brought it to the current form of 100 chapters. Luo is usually considered theauthor of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pingyao Zhuan (平 妖 傳) is a ghost story attributed to Luo with 20 chapters, developed from the original pieces ofstorytelling based on a rebellion at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and later expanded by Feng Menglong(馮 夢 龍) into 40 chapters. Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanzhuan (殘 唐 五 代 史 演 義 傳) is a chronicle of the endof the Tang Dynasty and the following Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, a compilation of storytellingpieces based on the rebellion of Zhu Wen.

Luo Guanzhong 3

Bibliography•• Romance of the Three Kingdoms• Water Margin (editing)• Pingyao Zhuan (平 妖 傳)• Sansui Pingyao Zhuan (三 遂 平 妖 传)• Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanzhuan (残 唐 五 代 史 演 義, "The End of Tang Dynasty and the Period of the Five

Dynasties")• Fenzhuang Lou (粉 妝 樓, "Cosmetical Building")• Sui Tang Zhizhuan (隋 唐 志 傳)• Sui Tang Liangchao Zhizhuan (隋 唐 兩 朝 志 傳, "The Chronicle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties)

Notes[1] Luo Guanzhong. Encyclopædia Britannica (http:/ / www. britannica. com/ eb/ article-9048659/ Luo-Guanzhong)[2][2] Ouyang Jian, referenced in Roberts 1991, pg. 938

References• Roberts, Moss, tr. (1991). Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel. University of California Press.

ISBN 0-520-22503-1.• Yoshikawa Kojiro; Shimizu Shigeru (translators) (16 October 1998), 水 滸 伝 [Water Margin], Iwanami

Shoten• A record of a conference on Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China in 1999 (http:/ / web. kanazawa-u. ac. jp/

~chinese/ jiaoshi/ shangtian/ gongzuo/ xuehuicanjiaji. PDF#search="�鬼簿") (Japanese)

• Zhao Qiping, "Luo Guanzhong" (http:/ / 203. 72. 198. 245/ web/ Content. asp?ID=64260& Query=1),Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition)

External links• Works by Luo Guanzhong (http:/ / www. gutenberg. org/ author/ Luo_Guanzhong) at Project Gutenberg• Andrew West, The Textual History of Sanguo Yanyi - Authorship (http:/ / www. babelstone. co. uk/

SanguoYanyi/ TextualHistory/ Authorship. html)

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