Differences Between ROTK and Records of the Three Kingdoms

A listener asked me recently if I could provide a point-by-point comparison of the differences between Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Records of the Three Kingdoms. My answer is that I am not enough of a historian to be able to do that. For those who are not familiar with it, Records is an actual historical document written by an official who lived in the tail end of the Three Kingdoms period, while ROTK, written about 1,000 years later, is often called 70 percent history and 30 percent fiction.

If you are interested, I did come across an article (PDF) that looks at a few of the differences between the two works. And of course, if you know of other resources on this topic, please do share.

Pictured: A reprint of the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Source: Wikipedia)