The author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms was the Ming Dynasty novelist Luo Guanzhong. Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), also known as Ruzhong, also known as Runzhi, also known as Ziwei Taoist, was a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. His representative works include Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a famous historical novel. It was set in the Three Kingdoms period and described the wars and political struggles between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and other major figures in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The novel uses a rich imagination and vivid description to create many vivid characters, which is widely regarded as a classic in ancient Chinese novels.