三國〔-国〕 saam¹ gwok³ {Sān guó}

(noun) Three country

三國〔-国〕 saam¹ gwok³ {Sān guó}

1. Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
2. several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅 in 658

三國志〔-国-〕 saam¹ gwok³ zi³ {Sān guó zhì}

History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝, 65 scrolls

三國時代〔-国时-〕 saam¹ gwok³ si⁴ doi⁶ {Sān guó shí dài}

Three Kingdoms period

三國演義〔-国-义〕 saam¹ gwok³ jin² ji⁶ {Sān guó Yǎn yì}

1. Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2. a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains

三國史記〔-国-记〕 saam¹ gwok³ si² gei³ {Sān guó shǐ jì}

History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗, Baekje 百濟, Silla 新羅.