四大名著 | si4 da4 ming2 zhu4 | The Four Masterworks |
孙坚 | sun1 jian1 | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms |
广雅 | guang3 ya3 | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries |
张揖 | zhang1 yi1 | Truncated - click through for definition |
成汉 | cheng2 han4 | Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347) |
桃园结义 | tao2 yuan2 jie2 yi4 | peach garden brotherly oath |
罗贯中 | luo2 guan4 zhong1 | Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works |
荀彧 | xun2 yu4 | Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms |
董奉 | dong3 feng4 | Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead |
蜀国 | shu3 guo2 | the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備刘备 during the Three Kingdoms |
西凉 | xi1 liang2 | Western Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421) |
西秦 | xi1 qin2 | Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431) |
赵云 | zhao4 yun2 | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms |