Three Kingdoms
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Chinese 三國/三国 (Sānguó).
Proper noun
edit- (historical) The tripartite division of China between the states of Wei (魏 (Wèi)), Shu (蜀 (Shǔ)), and Wu (吳/吴 (Wú)), during AD 220–280, following the Han dynasty and preceding the Jin dynasty.
- 1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited[1], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:
- I deeply regretted having to miss seeing Hsing-ping, a very old town built by the ruler of the Wu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period of the third century.
- (historical) The tripartite division of Korea between the kingdoms of Goguryeo (고구려(高句麗) (goguryeo)), Baekje (백제(百濟) (baekje)), and Silla (신라(新羅) (silla)), around 57 BC to AD 668, prior to its unification under Silla.
Translations
edithistorical tripartite division of China