How Three Kingdoms Became a National Novel of Korea : From Sanguozhi yanyi to Samgukchi (Brill's Korean Studies Library)

This book elucidates how Three Kingdoms, a Chinese historical novel, has played a major role in shaping the Korean national self-image by examining how its text has been altered, manipulated, and transformed by the ideological preferences of the Korean readers from the Chŏson era to the present day.