Further Reading

Story Basis:

• Records of Three Kingdoms – by Chen Shou
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms (eBook version) – by Luo Guan Zhong
• Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government – by Sima Guang

Classics with quotations cited (or implicit) in the graphic novel:

• The Analects – by pupils of Master Kong (Confucius)
• Master Sun’s Art of War – by Sun Wu
• Master Wu’s Art of War – by Wu Qi
• Sun Bin’s Art of War – by Master Sun (Sun Bin)
• Commentaries of Master Sun’s Art of War (“Meng De’s New Text”?) – by Cao Cao
• Master Meng (Mencius)
• Book of Songs/Odes
• Book of Rites
• Daodejing or Laozi (Lao-tzu) – by The Old Master (Laocius)
• Songs of Chu
• Master Huainan
• Master Xun
• Master Lie
• The Pheasant Cap Master
• Master Guan by Guan Zhong (himself)
• The Spring and Autumn Annals – plus various commentary/annotated versions by scholars such as Gongyang, Guliang, Zuo Qiu Ming, and more.
• The Classic of History or Esteemed Documents
• Master Hanfei
• Authentic Scripture of Pervading Mystery – by Master Wen
• Intrigues of the Warring States – by Su Qin et al.
• Comments of A Recluse – by Wang Fu
• Discourse Balance – by Wang Chong
• Wojijing – by Feng Hou (in Chinese)
• Six Secret Teachings (included in this collected text? The Six Secret Teachings text may be penned by a later dynasty scholar, not the person whom the wisdom is attributed to)

Other tidbits of interest:

• “Rong Zhai Sui Bi”/Combined Five Indices of Miscellaneous Writings of Hong Mai – by Hong Mai (a few 3K commentaries, but overall it either confirms or refutes previous records about culture, history, or people)
• Huang Lao

analysis by other fans:

• by 小屋住不下
• by 哆嗦艾梦

…still a work-in-progress…