Romance of the Three Kingdoms Combat Prowess Encyclopedia — Volume 1

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Combat Prowess Encyclopedia is a comprehensive study of the combat-prowess system in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

This Kobo six-volume edition reproduces the complete mainline English edition without abridgment. Volume 1 is the first of six volumes.

Drawing on textual editions, bout counts, battlefield conditions, character states, common-opponent comparisons, and a twelve-dimension analytical model, the complete work evaluates 541 warriors and examines 547 Battle Cases.

Across the six-volume edition, the study explores:

• The origins and textual editions of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

• Twenty-two sections of foundational combat-prowess theory

• Ultimate combat-prowess assessments of 541 warriors

• The twelve-dimension combat-prowess model

• Complete warrior rankings

• Combat-prowess analysis of the official historical Records of the Three Kingdoms

• All 547 Battle Cases

Who is truly the strongest warrior in Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Was Lu Bu really No. 1?

Why does Zhao Yun rank above the traditional favorites?

How should Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Dian Wei and the other great warriors be compared under the same analytical framework?

Volume 1 begins the complete six-volume investigation.