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The story begins when the emperor,fearing uprisings by peasant rebels known asthe Yellow Scarves,sends an urgent appeal tothe provinces for popular support.inresponse,three young men——the aristocraticLiu Xuande.the fugitive Lord Guan.and thepig-butcher Zhang Fei——meet to pledgeeternal brotherhood and fealty to theirbeleaguered government.From these eventscomes a chain of cause and consequence thatleads ultimately to the collapse of the Han. MOSS Roberts's new translation providesfor the first time an authoritative,annotatedEnglish-language version of this great andenduring work of world literature.d it.
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