Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 1
Translated by C. H. Brewitt-Taylor
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CHAPTER I. Feast in the Garden of Peaches: Brotherhood Sworn: Slaughter of Rebels: The Brothers Heroes.
Feast in the Garden of Peaches: Brotherhood Sworn: Slaughter of Rebels: The Brothers Heroes.
Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. When the rule of Chou weakened seven contending principalities sprang up, warring one with another till they settled down as Tsʻin and when its destiny had been fulfilled arose Chʻu and Han to contend for the mastery. And Han was the victor.
The rise of the fortunes of Han began with the slaughter of the White Serpent. In a short time the whole Empire was theirs and their magnificent heritage was handed down in successive generations till the days of Kuang-Wu, whose name stands in the middle of the long line of Han. This was in the first century of the western era and the dynasty had then already passed its zenith. A century later came to the Throne the Emperor Hsien, doomed to see the beginning of the division into three parts, known to history as The Three Kingdoms.
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- C. H. Brewitt-Taylor's English translation, copied word for word.
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- The source library's header, footer and license, in 4 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 4 places
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Printed closing line (“END OF VOLUME I”)