"演义" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
演义演義	yǎn yì	to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
封神演义封神演義	fēng shén yǎn yì	Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
三国演义三國演義	sān guó yǎn yì	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中\|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], 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[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢\|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
隋唐演义隋唐演義	suí táng yǎn yì	Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲\|褚人获[Chu3 Ren2 huo4]
历朝通俗演义歷朝通俗演義	lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì	Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩\|蔡东藩
民国通俗演义民國通俗演義	mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì	Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩\|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父\|许廑父

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