''Three Kingdoms'' (), also known as ''Sangokushi'' in Japanese, is a Hong Kong
manhua
() are Chinese-language comics produced in Greater China. Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China throughout its history.
They are usually graphic and can be written for a myriad of genres, including romance, fanta ...
based on
Yū Terashima's novel ''
Sangokushi Meigentan'', which is loosely adapted from ''
Records of the Three Kingdoms
The ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' is a Chinese official history written by Chen Shou in the late 3rd century CE, covering the end of the Han dynasty (220 CE) and the subsequent Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE). It is regard ...
'' and the 14th century novel ''
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...
''. The manhua was illustrated by
Lee Chi Ching
Lee Chi Ching ( zh, c=李志清, p=Lǐ Zhìqīng; born 1963) is a Hong Kong manhua illustrator with the pen name "清兒". Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemp ...
and was released in 14 volumes between 1991 and 1999 by Culturecom Limited. It was also the first Hong Kong manhua to be published in cooperation with Japanese publishers.
''Three Kingdoms'' was followed by a sequel, ''Three Kingdoms: The Last Chapter'' (), also known as ''Sangokushi: Kanketsuhen'' in Japanese.
Hong Kong comics titles
Romance comics
Wuxia comics
1991 comics debuts
Comics based on fiction
Works based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Comics set in Imperial China
Works set in the Three Kingdoms
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