Is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms really far from the true historical records?

According to Yi Zhongtian, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was far from the truth of history! And many of them were made up by the author himself! Then wasn't Romance of the Three Kingdoms just a book? Didn't it mean that it had nothing to do with real history? Then wouldn't we have to look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as if we were reading a book? It wasn't history anymore! I just want to be clear! Someone who knows can tell me! Thank you!
In that case, other than the ending, most of the other things were made up by the author himself? According to what everyone said, some people agreed that it was a novel! But some people say it's not a novel ~~~

Answer 1

The historical authenticity of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is controversial because it is considered a literary work rather than a historical book. Although there were some descriptions of historical events and characters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, these descriptions were usually inaccurate or exaggerated for literary purposes. Therefore, we can say that there is a certain gap between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the true historical records.