中英雙語話中國歷史名人 第59期:羅貫中

Luo Guanzhong(1330~1400) was a 14th century Chinese author attributed with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the most revered adventure epics in Chinese literature.

羅貫中(約1330~1400 ) ,14世紀中國作家，創作了《三國演義》。《三國演義》是中國最有成就的長篇歷史小說之一。

Luo Guanzhong is confirmed to have lived in the end of Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty by the contemporary record by Jia Zhongming, who met him in 1364. It tells that he was from Taiyuan, while literary historians suggest other possibilities about his home, including Hangzhou and Jiangnan.

通過與其同時代的賈仲明的記錄證實:羅貫中生活於元末明初。賈仲明於1364年遇到了羅貫中，其記錄上說羅貫中是太原人。但是歷史學家認爲還有其它可能，比如，杭州、江南。

According Meng Fanren, Luo Guanzhong can be identified in the pedigree of the Luo family, and Taiyuan is the most probable as his home.

孟繁仁認爲可以根據羅氏家譜確定羅貫中的身份，太原最有可能是他的家鄉。

Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han Dynasty, when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms.

《三國演義》講述了漢朝末年中華帝國一分爲三的故事。

This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writing some 1 200 years later, Luo Guanzhong drew on this rich literary heritage to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic.

中國歷史的這段時期是歷史學家、詩人和劇作家持續熱衷的對象，時隔大約1 200年後，羅貫中利用有關的豐富的文學遺產，創作了敘事作品《三國演義》。這部作品深奧微妙、引人注目，已經成爲中國的民族史詩。

Luo's novel offers a startling and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought.

羅貫中的小說無情地揭露了讓人吃驚的權力操縱、外交活動和戰爭的內幕。

As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this masterpiece of Ming Dynasty continues to be widely influential and remains a great work of world literature.

正如荷馬史詩在西方的地位一樣，《三國演義》對中國文化也具有重要的意義。長期以來，這部明朝傑作的影響範圍一直很大，早已成爲世界文學寶庫的一朵奇葩。