Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luó Guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liú Bèi] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cáo Cāo] Wei 魏[Wèi] as villains