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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Chapter 10.5 by ohmwu
Fandoms: San Guo Yan Yi | Romance of the Three Kingdoms - All Media Types, San Guo Yan Yi | Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Luo Guanzhong, Three Kingdoms History & Adaptations - All Media Types, San Guo | Three Kingdoms (TV 2010), San Guo Yan Yi | Romance of the Three Kingdoms (TV 1994), Chì Bì | Red Cliff (2008)
07 Jul 2019
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A later retelling of the events around Cao Song’s death, written by Wei officials in the reign of Cao Pi and added as a supplemental chapter to the Romance by Ming dynasty courtiers. Popular among women of the palace, it is part of the “Apricot Blossom Wreath”, a collection of histories and stories from the Three Kingdoms period which were either written by women or contained political content such that they were not considered relevant to include in the main narrative. They did, however, remain immensely popular with the Hidden Court despite Apricot Blossom stories being regarded as seditious and unfilial by the ruling elite. As a collection, Apricot Blossom stories were mostly written in the reigns of Cao Pi and Cao Rui but some have been dated to the later Tang and Yuan dynasties.