Luo guanzhong biography definition

In this Chinese name, the family name is Luo.

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy nameGuanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lu̯o ku̯anʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese novelist who lived during the Ming dynasty.

He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; literally "Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas"). Luo Guanzhong is credited with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Identity

The location and date of Luo Guanzhong's birth are controversial.

Luo guanzhong biography definition

One possibility was that he was from Taiyuan, and lived in the late Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty by the record of his contemporary, the playwright Jia Zhongming (賈仲明), who said that he had met him in 1364. Another possibility was that he was born in Dongyuan, the province of Shandong, in about 1280 – 1360.

Literary historians suggest other possibilities for his home, also i