On the Techniques in Portraying Characters in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The author of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms portrayed almost one thousand characters and achiered great artistic effects. The major techniques prominently achiered in portraying the characters include such applications as “strengthening personality method”to give prominence to a certain aspect of the characters personality and to make it outstanding, setting off and heightening a characters spirit by describing his surroundings and other characters around him and portraying characters in “no”, setting off directly and by contrast to highlinght the differences among characters,“simplifying the appearance while emphasizing the spirit”to express the inner spiritual conditions of a character and to give prominence to his romantic charm and vigor.