Romance of Three Kingdom References

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Romance of Three Kingdoms is a Ming dynasty novel based on historical events of the Chinese Three Kingdom period.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms



Here are some list of Romance of Three Kingdom References in this drama :

Gyeon Hwon visiting Choi Seungwoo 3 times to recruit him = Liu Bei visiting Zhuge Liang 3 times to recruit him

Goongye declares independence from Yanggil, Yanggil declares himself as emperor shortly after = Sun Ce declares independence from Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu declares himself as emperor shortly after

Wang Guhn, Shin Sungyeom, Park Sulhee become blood brothers = Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei become blood brothers

Taepyong praying for Southeast Wind = Zhuge Liang praying for Southeast Wind

Gyeon Hwon saying "I would do an ambush attack in this area if I was Wang Guhn" only to actually get ambushed shortly after = Cao Cao saying "I would do an ambush attack in this area if I was Zhuge Liang" only to actually get ambushed shortly after

Geum Kang eating his own eyeball after it was shot by an arrow = Xiahou Dun eating his own eyeball after it was shot by an arrow

Shin Sungyeom using long blade as his signature weapon = Guan Yu using long blade as his signature weapon

Gyeon Hwon gets surprised by Shin Sungyeom's head = Cao Cao gets surprised by Guan Yu's head

Neung Chang loses to Gyeon Hwon 3 times before surrendering = Meng Huo loses to Zhuge Liang 7 times before surrendering

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This is terrific--thanks!

The most interesting one here is the eyeball eating. I was waiting and waiting for a narrated text confirming that Geum-kang actually did that. We're going to talk about this one in the wrap-up thread at the end.

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Apr 24, 2023 0:42:04 GMT -5 ajk said:

This is terrific--thanks!

The most interesting one here is the eyeball eating. I was waiting and waiting for a narrated text confirming that Geum-kang actually did that. We're going to talk about this one in the wrap-up thread at the end.

The Romance of Three Kingdom reference continues in both the director and writer's next historicals.

Director's next historical KBS Dae Jo Young :

Dae Joyoung, Geolsa Biu, Heuk Sudol become blood brothers = Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei become blood brothers

Geolsa Biu and Heuk Sudol don't like Mimosa when he is first recruited but approve him after seeing his genius tactic come to fruition = Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't like Zhuge Liang when he is first recruited but approve him after seeing his genius tactic come to frution




Geolsa Biu takes refuge under Xue Rengui after a huge loss that separates him from his blood brothers. Xue Rengui tries to recruit Geolsa Biu to work for him while Geolsa Biu is taking refuge. Geolsa Biu refuses Xue Rengui's offer and eventually returns to Dae Joyoung after finding his whereabouts. Xue Rengui sends soldiers to capture him back which fails as they all get killed by Geolsa Biu. Heuk Sudol gets extremely upset when he sees Geolsa Biu thinking he betrayed Dae Joyoung to work for Xue Rengui. When Xue Rengui is almost captured during a later battle, Geolsa Biu lets him go to make up for their time together earlier. Mimosa, the brain of this battle, gets upset at Geolsa Biu for letting Xue Rengui go and insists on punishing him. Dae Joyoung, however, forgives Geolsa Biu. (DJY)

Guan Yu takes refuge under Cao Cao after a huge loss that separates him from his blood brothers. Cao Cao tries to recruit Guan Yu to work for him while Guan Yu is taking refuge. Guan Yu refuses Cao Cao's offer and eventually returns to Liu Bei after finding his whereabouts. Cao Cao orders gatekeepers on Guan Yu's path back to Liu Bei to capture him back which fails as they all get killed by Guan Yu. Zhang Fei gets extremely upset when he sees Guan Yu thinking he betrayed Liu Bei to work for Cao Cao. When Cao Cao is almost captured after the Battle of Red Cliff, Guan Yu lets him go to make up for their time together earlier. Zhuge Liang, the brain of the Red Cliff battle, gets upset at Guan Yu for letting Cao Cao go and insists on punishing him. Liu Bei, however, forgives Guan Yu. (Romance of three Kingdoms)










Writer's next historical SBS Yeon Gaesomoon :

Emperor Taizong of Tang eating his own eyeball after it was shot by an arrow = Xiahou Dun eating his own eyeball after it was shot by an arrow

Yeon Taejo producing Southeast Wind = Zhuge Liang producing Southeast Wind

Yeon Taejo use scarecrows to trick the Sui dynasty army to shoot arrows at them. Goguryeo then collects all these arrows for their usage = Zhuge Liang uses scarecrows to trick Cao Cao's army to shoot arrows at them. Liu Bei & Sun Quan alliance then collect all these arrows for their usage.

Doctor performs arm surgery on Yeon Gaesomoon's injured arm without anesthesia. Yeon Gaesomoon plays a game of Janggi(Korean chess) with Dae Jungsang during the entire surgery process. = Hua Tuo performs arm surgery on Guan Yu's injured arm without anesthesia. Guan Yu plays a game of Go with Ma Liang during the entire surgery process

Yuwen Shu takes a coffin with him during Sui dynasty's invasion of Goguryeo insisting that he is ready to die in battle and be buried in the coffin that he brought. = Pang De takes a coffin with him to a battle against Guan Yu insisting that he is ready to die in battle and be buried in the coffin that he brought.






Crown Prince Yang Yong of Sui dreams about a big horn growing on his head and is told by his younger brother Yang Guang that it's a prophecy dream that foretells his future of becoming the next emperor of Sui, which turns out to be false. Yang Guang later kills Yang Yong to become Emperor Yang of Sui dynasty. (SBS Yeon Gaesomoon)

Wei Yan, a Shu dynasty general, dreams about a big horn growing on his head during Shu dynasty's 5th invasion of Wei dynasty. A dream diviner tells him that it's a prophecy dream that foretells his victory against the enemy army, which turns out to be false. Not long after his dream, Zhuge Liang orders everyone to retreat back to Shu on his deathbed and dies of illness shortly afterward. Wei Yan doesn't believe Zhuge Liang said this, refuses to retreat, and claims to be Zhuge Liang's successor. He eventually gets killed by Yang Yi who accuses him of treason for defying Zhuge Liang's order. (Romance of Three Kingdoms)







The Romance of Three Kingdom references were very popular cliche in Korean historicals of 2000s.

Not so prevalent these days, thankfully.