For complete beginners to the time period, it is recommended to read introductions to the material first to gain appropriate context:

• An Introduction to the End of Han and the Three Kingdoms

This is a Translation Project of the Sanguozhi 三國志 Record of Three States, the canonical Chinese Standard History of the Three States era [220-265], from Classical Chinese 文言 to English. The ultimate goal of this project is to eventually produce a translation of the full history.

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