I read patriamreminisci's review criticized about the Romance of Three Kingdoms and I thought.
I'm not good at English, so I don't understand his opinion, but I'll tell you my opinion.
Luo Guanzhong wrote the Three Kingdoms background because of the Chinese inferiority and feelings of resentment.
First, we need to know the historical background of China where the Three Kingdoms were created.
The age of Luo Guanzhong living was the most disgraceful and tragic in Chinese history.
At that time, the mainland China was ruled by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
The pride of the Chinese, who had been conquered and ruled by the Khitan契丹, Jurchen女眞 and Mongolian for 400 years, was greatly broken.
The pride of the Chinese, who had been dominated by the foreign dynasties for 400 years, was broken, and anger and resentment developed.
In the 14th century, Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 shouted the Chinese revival, destroying the Mongol empire and establishing the Ming Dynasty.
Luo Guanzhong was a subordinate of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , who made a contribution to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 declared the resurrection of the great Chinese dynasty.
However, the Mongol empire still threatened the Ming Dynasty while dominating Mongolia and Central Asia.
The stiffness of the Mongolian empire still approached the Ming Dynasty with anxiety and fear.
The Chinese feared again that the Mongols might conquer the Chinese continent.
Most of all, the history of the shame that the great Chinese were ruled by barbaric empires for 400 years puts the Chinese into inferiority.
In order to eliminate the fear, anxiety, inferiority, and shame of the Chinese, Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of Three Kingdoms.
This is the background of the Three Kingdoms, which promotes the Chinese and civilization as the best in the world.
It is the Three Kingdoms created by shame and inferiority hidden behind the arrogance of the Chinese.