Luo Guanzhong

Luo Guanzhong
Born1330 Edit this on Wikidata
Taiyuan (Yuan dynastyEdit this on Wikidata
Diedc. 1400
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata
Luo Guanzhong
Traditional Chinese羅貫中
Simplified Chinese罗贯中
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuó Guànzhōng
Wade–GilesLo Kuan-chung
IPA[lwǒ kwânʈʂʊ́ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLòh Gunjūng
JyutpingLo4 Gun3 Zung1
Birth name
Traditional Chinese羅本
Simplified Chinese罗本
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuó Běn
Wade–GilesLo Pen
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLòh Bún
JyutpingLo4 Bun2
Also known as
Traditional Chinese湖海散人
Simplified Chinese湖海散人
Literal meaningLeisure Man of Lakes and Seas
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúhǎi Sǎnrén
Wade–GilesHo-hai San-jen
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWùhhói Sáanyàhn
JyutpingWu4 Hoi2 Saan2 Jan4

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400,[1] or c.1280–1360[2]), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwo kwanʈʂʊŋ]), 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; lit. 'Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas').[3] Luo Guanzhong is credited with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

  1. ^ Luo Guanzhong. Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ Chen, Liao (2007). "Two Luo Guanzhong". Jiangsu Social Sciences, N.004,P179-182.
  3. ^ Luo Guanzhong (2000). Sanguo yanyi: Three Kingdoms, 三國演義 [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. Translated by Moss Roberts. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, P31.

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