TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Volume I.

CHAPTER. Page

I. FEAST IN THE GARDEN OF PEACHES: BROTHERHOOD SWORN: SLAUGHTER OF REBELS: THE BROTHERS HEROES 1

II. AN OFFICIAL IS THRASHED; UNCLE HO PLOTS TO KILL THE EUNUCHS 11

III. TUNG CHO SILENCES TING YÜAN: LI SU BRIBES LÜ PU 23

IV. THE DEPOSITION OF THE EMPEROR: PRINCE OF CHʻÊN-LIU BECOMES EMPEROR: SCHEMES AGAINST TUNG CHO: MÊNG-TÊ PRESENTS A SWORD 34

V. SENDING OUT THE CALL: MANY RESPOND: DESTROYING AN ARMY: THE THREE BROTHERS FIGHT AGAINST LÜ PU 43

VI. BURNING THE CAPITAL, TUNG CHO COMMITS AN ATROCITY: HIDING THE SEAL, SUN CHIEN BREAKS FAITH 55

VII. YÜAN SHAO FIGHTS WITH KUNGSUN TSAN AT PʻANHO: SUN CHIEN ATTACKS LIU PIAO 63

VIII. GOVERNOR WANG PREPARES THE “CHAIN” SCHEME: TUNG CHO’S RAGES AT THE FENGI PAVILION 72

IX. LÜ PU HELPS TO SUPPRESS DISORDER: CHIA HSÜ COUNSELS AN ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL 81

X. MA TʻENG SERVES HIS COUNTRY WELL: TSʻAO TSʻAO AVENGES HIS FATHER’S MURDER 92

XI. LIU, THE EMPEROR’S UNCLE, RESCUES KʻUNG JUNG: LU, MARQUIS OF WEN, DEFEATS TSʻAO TSʻAO 100

XII. THE PREFECT TʻAO THRICE OFFERS HIS CHARGE: TSʻAO TSʻAO FIGHTS A GREAT BATTLE 112

XIII. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN LI TSʻUI AND KUO SSŬ: THE EMPEROR RESCUED 122

XIV. TSʻAO MÊNG-TÊ MOVES THE COURT: LÜ FÊNG-HSIEN RAIDS HSÜCHUN 134

XV. TʻAISHIH TZŬ FIGHTS FOR FRIENDSHIPʻS SAKE: SUN PO-FU DOES BATTLE WITH YEN, THE WHITE TIGER 147

XVI. A FEAT OF ARCHERY: A BATTLE LOST AT YUSHUI RIVER 161

XVII. AN ARMY OF SEVEN DIVISIONS MARCHES OUT: THREE GENERALS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER 175

XVIII. CHIA HSÜ ENGINEERS A GREAT VICTORY: HSIAHOU TUN LOSES AN EYE 184

XIX. TSʻAO TSʻAO FIGHTS AT HSIAPʻEI: LÜ PU PERISHES AT THE WHITE GATE TOWER 193

XX. TSʻAO A-MAN ORGANISES A HUNTING EXPEDITION: TUNG, “STATE UNCLE,” RECEIVES A COMMAND IN THE PALACE 207

XXI. TSʻAO TSʻAO DISCUSSES HEROES: KUAN YU SLAYS CHʻÊ CHOU 218

XXII. YÜAN AND TSʻAO BOTH TAKE THE FIELD: THE TWO BROTHERS CAPTURE TWO CAPTAINS 228

XXIII. MI HÊNG SLIPS HIS GARMENT AND RAILS AT TRAITORS: CRUEL PUNISHMENT OF THE PHYSICIAN CHI 240

XXIV. MURDER OF A KUEI-FEI: LIU PEI DEFEATED; FLIGHT TO YÜAN SHAO 253

XXV. FROM TʻUSHAN CAMP KUAN YÜ MAKES THREE CONDITIONS: THE RESCUE AT PAIMA RELEASES TSʻAO TSʻAO 259

XXVI. YÜAN SHAO IS DEFEATED AND LOSES A LEADER: KUAN YÜ ABANDONS RANK AND WEALTH 270

XXVII. “BEAUTIFUL BEARD” RIDES ON A SOLITARY JOURNEY: AND SLAYS SIX MEN AT FIVE PASSES 279

XXVIII. TSʻAI YANG PUT TO DEATH, THE BROTHERS’ DOUBTS DISAPPEAR: MEETING AT KUCHʻENG, LORD AND LIEGE FORTIFY EACH OTHER 290

XXIX. THE “LITTLE CHIEF OF THE FEUDAL LORDS” SLAYS YÜ CHI: THE “BLUE-EYED BOY” LAYS HOLD ON CHIANGTUNG 302

XXX. YÜAN SHAO DEFEATED AT THE FERRY: TSʻAO TSʻAO BURNS THE WUCHʻAO GRANARIES 313

XXXI. TSʻAO TSʻAO OVERCOMES YÜAN SHAO: LIU PEI SEEKS SHELTER WITH LIU PIAO 325

XXXII. CHʻICHOU TAKEN: YÜAN SHANG STRIVES: THE CHANG RIVER CUT: HSÜ YU’S SCHEME 335

XXXIII. TSʻAO PʻEI FINDS A WIFE: A PLAN FOR SETTLING LIAOTUNG 347

XXXIV. A WOMAN OVERHEARS A SECRET: A WARRIOR LEAPS A STREAM 358

XXXV. YÜAN-TÊ MEETS A RECLUSE AT NANCHANG: TAN FU MEETS A NOBLE LORD AT HSINYEH 368

XXXVI. CAPTURE OF FANCHʻÊNG: CHUKO LIANG RECOMMENDED 376

XXXVII. ANOTHER SCHOLAR INTRODUCED: THE THREE VISITS TO THE RECLUSE 385

XXXVIII. PLAN FOR THREE KINGDOMS: THE SUNS AVENGE THEMSELVES 397

XXXIX. AT CHINGCHOU THE SON OF LIU PIAO THRICE BEGS ADVICE: AT POWANG SLOPE THE MASTER DIRECTS HIS FIRST BATTLE 408

XL. THE LADY TSʻAI DISCUSSES THE RENUNCIATION OF CHINGCHOU: CHUKO LIANG BURNS HSINYEH 418

XLI. LIU PEI LEADS HIS PEOPLE OVER THE RIVER: CHAO YÜN RESCUES HIS LORD 427

XLII. CHANG FEI’S GREAT FIGHT AT CHʻANGPAN SLOPE: LIU PEI, DEFEATED, GOES TO HANCHINGKʻOU 439

XLIII. CHUKO LIANG DISPUTES WITH THE SCHOLARS: LU SU DENOUNCES THE MAJORITY OPINION 447

XLIV. KʻUNG-MING STIRS CHOU YÜ TO ACTION: SUN CHʻÜAN DECIDES TO ATTACK TSʻAO TSʻAO 459

XLV. TSʻAO TSʻAO LOSES SOLDIERS: CHIANG KAN VICTIM OF A RUSE 469

XLVI. KʻUNG-MING “BORROWS” SOME ARROWS: HUANG KAI ACCEPTS A PUNISHMENT 481

XLVII. KʻAN TSÊ PRESENTS THE TREACHEROUS LETTER: PʻAN TʻUNG SUGGESTS CHAINING THE SHIPS TOGETHER 491

XLVIII. BANQUET ON THE YANGTSE: TSʻAO TSʻAO’S SONG: THE NORTHERN MEN FIGHT ON THE CHAINED SHIPS 500

XLIX. ON THE SEVEN STARS ALTAR CHUKO SACRIFICES TO THE WINDS: AT THE THREE RIVERS CHOU YÜ LIBERATES FIRE 508

L. CHUKO LIANG FORESEES THE HUAYUNG EPISODE: KUAN YÜN-CHʻANG RELEASES TSʻAO TSʻAO 519

LI. A GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH: KʻUNG-MING ANGERS CHOU YÜ 527

LII. CHUKO LIANG TALKS CUNNINGLY TO LU SU: CHAO YÜN, BY A RUSE, CAPTURES KUEIYANG 537

LIII. KUAN YU, FROM A SENSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, RELEASES HUANG CHUNG: SUN CHʻUAN FIGHTS A GREAT BATTLE WITH CHANG LIAO 547

LIV. THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS SEES HER SON-IN-LAW AT A TEMPLE: LIU, THE IMPERIAL UNCLE, TAKES A WORTHY CONSORT 558

LV. YÜAN-TÊ ROUSES THE SPIRIT OF HIS BRIDE: KʻUNG-MING A SECOND TIME ANGERS HIS RIVAL 569

LVI. A BANQUET IN THE BRONZE BIRD PAVILION: KʻUNG-MING PROVOKES CHOU YÜ A THIRD TIME 578

LVII. “SLEEPING DRAGON” MOURNS AT CHʻAISANG: “PHOENIX FLEDGELING” INTERVENES AT LEI-YANG 589

LVIII. AN EXPEDITION FOR REVENGE: EXPEDIENTS TO CONCEAL IDENTITY 601

LIX. HSU CHʻÜ STRIPS FOR A FIGHT WITH MA CHʻAO: TSʻAO TSʻAO WRITES A LETTER TO SOW DISSENSION 612

LX. CHANG SUNG TURNS THE TABLES ON YANG HSIU: OCCUPATION OF SHU DISCUSSED 623