A Summary of Studies on Zhou Yu in Mainland China in the New Era

Influenced by The Romance of Three Kingdoms, scholars before usually paid more attention to Zhou Yu’s disposition and his relations with Zhuge Liang. With the advancement of time and the furthering of the research, scholars have gone far away from the old ideas and concerned more about Zhou Yu's relations with Sun Wu Regime, his military thoughts and his outstanding commanding talent revealed in the Chibi Battle. His family, his friends circle have been studied. The environment of his development and his path to a talent as well as his concept of talents have been observed and concerned. The research vision has broadened, the theoretical method has improved, and the overall quality and level of the researchers has increased too.