Luo Guanzhong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Luo.

Luo Guanzhong
Born	1330  Taiyuan (Yuan dynasty)
Died	c. 1400
Occupation	Writer

Luo Guanzhong
Traditional Chinese	羅貫中
Simplified Chinese	罗贯中
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Guànzhōng Wade–Giles Lo Kuan-chung IPA [lwǒ kwânʈʂʊ́ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lòh Gunjūng Jyutping Lo4 Gun3 Zung1
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	羅本
Simplified Chinese	罗本
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Běn Wade–Giles Lo Pen Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lòh Bún Jyutping 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 Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Húhǎi Sǎnrén Wade–Giles Ho-hai San-jen Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wùhhói Sáanyàhn Jyutping Wu4 Hoi2 Saan2 Jan4

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), also called Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwo kwanʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese novelist. He lived during the Ming dynasty. He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; literally: "Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas"). Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This book is one fo the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Images

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  Statue of Luo Guanzhong in Dongping Lake Square in Dongping County
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  Luo Guanzhong Memorial, in Dongping County, Shandong

Related pages

• Romance of the Three Kingdoms, text that he probably wrote

Bibliography

• 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")
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• 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)
• The Three Sui Quash the Demons' Revolt (attributed)
• Water Margin (editing)

References

Sources

• Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel. Translated by Roberts, Moss. University of California Press. 1991. ISBN 0-520-22503-1.
• 水滸伝 [Water Margin] (in Japanese), translated by Yoshikawa Kojiro; Shimizu Shigeru, Iwanami Shoten, 16 October 1998
• "第12回三国演義学術討論会参加記" [Record of Participation in the 12th Academic Symposium on Romance of the Three Kingdoms] (PDF) (in Japanese). China. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2007.
• Zhao, Qiping, "Luo Guanzhong", Encyclopedia of China, vol. Chinese Literature (1st ed.), archived from the original on September 29, 2007

Other websites

• Works written by or about Luo Guanzhong at Wikisource
• Works by Luo Guanzhong at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Luo Guanzhong at Internet Archive
• Andrew West, The Textual History of Sanguo Yanyi - Authorship