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1998-18, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (5th series)《三国演义》(第五组)

1998-18, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (5th series)《三国演义》(第五组)


Stamp Title: The Masterpiece of Chinese Classical Literature – The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (5th series)
Scott No: 2889, 2890, 2891, 2892, 2893
Serial number: 1998-18
Values in set: 4
(4-1), Liu Bei finds a Guardian for His Heir at Baidi City, 50 fen, 54*40
(4-2), Zhuege Liang Leads His Army Home, 50 fen, 40*54 mm
(4-3), Death of Zhuge Liang (Qiu-Feng-Wu-Zhang-Yuan), 100 fen, 54*40
(4-4), Three Kingdoms United under the Reign of Jin, 150 fen, 40*54 mm
Souvenir sheet: 1
(1-1), The Stratagem of Empty City, 800 fen, 182*65 mm/ 162*40 mm
Date of issue: August 26, 1998
Designers: Dai Honghai
Size of stamp:
54*40 mm for Value 1, 3
40*54 mm for Value 2, 4
Size of S/S: 182*65 mm
Size of S/S stamp: 162*40 mm
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition: 20
Printing process: gravure
Printing house: Beijing postage stamps printing works

“The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” is a famous literary classic depicting political turmoils, peasant uprisings, dukes, fighting for territory, formation of the Three Kingdoms and unification by the Western Jin Dynasty in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This group of stamps is the last batch of the series adapted from stories of Chapter 85 to Chapter 120 of the “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms”: Liu Bei found a guardian for his heir at the Baidi Town, Zhuge Liang led the army back to the capital, the stratagem of the empty city, the sad autumn at Wuzhangyuan and the Jin unified the Three Kingdoms, most of these stories are tragedies of the Shu Kingdom. Liu Bei launched a war against the Wu Kingdom, but lost 700,000 of his army, thus leading the Shu Kingdom into misfortune. Liu Bei was frustrated by the defeat and entrusted his son, Liu Chan, heir-to -the-throne to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang exerted all his strength. For the purpose of repressing the uprising in the south, he captured Meng Huo sever times, thus stabilizing the base of the entire Shu Kingdom. Zhuge Liang led the Shu army off the Qishan Mountain six times, launching attacks against the Wei army and attempting to take the central plain areas, but he had made a fatal mistake in using a wrong person, the self-willed and conceited Ma Su, leading to the loss of Jieting, a strategic place for the Shu army. Zhuge Liang was forced to practice the “stratagem of the empty City” to deceive Wei general Sima Yi. After several futile attempts, Zhuge Liang got ill, though he was weak, he made arrangement for political and military affairs prior to his own death. The Wei, Shu and Wu kingdoms fell one after another from 263-280 A.D. and eventually Jin Emperor Sima Yan unified the three kingdoms.

1998年特种邮票《三国演义》(第五组)
国家邮政局1998年8月26日发行中国古典文学名著《三国演义》(第五组)特种邮票1套4枚,小型张1枚。
(4-1)T 白帝托孤 50分 4232.9万枚
(4-2)T 孔明班师 50分 4132.万枚
(4-3)T 秋风五丈原 100分 3588.9万枚
(4-4)T 三分归晋 150分 3221.9万枚
小型张《三国演义》(第五组) 800 分 3180.7万枚

志号名称:1998-18T
版别:影写版
整版枚数:20枚
全套面值:3.50元
邮票规格:54×40毫米、40×54毫米
齿孔度数:11度
小型张邮票规格:162×40毫米
小型张外形规格:182×60毫米
设计者:戴宏海
印制机构:北京邮票厂

(4-1)为“白帝托孤”。选自第85回“刘先主遗诏托孤儿,诸葛亮安居平五路”。画面致力于表现出刘备和诸葛亮的悲痛,以及诸葛亮为报“知遇之恩”,“知其不可为而为之”,深为蜀国命运担扰的心情。刘备的两个儿子和宫女的情态,都衬托了这种气氛。
(4-2)为“孔明班师”。选自第91回“祭泸水孔明班师,伐中原武候上表”。画面描绘了被诸葛亮宽容仁爱所感化的孟获,率部下为蜀汉大军送行的场面,突出了“涕泣拜别”,使诸葛亮的形象更加高大。孟获的“肉袒”,显示出南蛮王的降服和坦诚。
(4-3)为“秋风五丈原”。选自第104回“陨大星汉丞相归天,见木像魏都督丧胆”。画面上秋风横扫落叶,重病中的诸葛亮犹如一座雕像,正是他在三国后期以独木支撑着蜀汉这将倾的大厦,安居平五路,六出祁山,七擒孟获,耗尽了他所有的心血。此刻,他怀着无可奈何的伤感,结束了他悲壮的戎马生涯,并由此而获得了全军将士的钦敬。大家都怀着沉痛的心情,向丞相敬礼告别。
(4-4)为“三分归晋”。选自第120回“荐杜预老将献新谋,降孙皓三分归一统”。画面以象征手法,描绘了魏、蜀、吴三个失败皇帝,向头戴冠冕、身着衮服的晋朝开国皇帝司马炎伏首称臣的场面。背景简洁,对比强烈,使人一目了然:三国,结束了。
小型张为“空城计”。选自第九十五回“马谡拒谏失街亭,武侯弹琴退仲达”。画面描绘了司马懿兵临城下,诸葛亮从容焚香抚琴的场面。表现了马谡失街亭后,孔明以超人的胆识和才智,挽狂澜于既倒的情节。

小型张为“空城计”。选自第九十五回“马谡拒谏失街亭,武侯弹琴退仲达”。画面描绘了司马懿兵临城下,诸葛亮从容焚香抚琴的场面。表现了马谡失街亭后,孔明以超人的胆识和才智,挽狂澜于既倒的情节。

本套邮票内容选自该书第85回至120回之间的故事,反映的大部分是蜀汉的悲剧。《三国演义》邮票是我国同一题材发行时间最长,枚数最多的邮票之一。1988年11月25日至1998年8月26日分五组发行,邮票20枚小型张3枚。

1998-18M, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (5th series)《三国演义》(第五组)


三国演义是一部历史小说,但并不是简单地复述三国的历史人物和历史事实,而是一部经过艺术构思和艺术加工的文学作品,它有助于我们了解封建社会的历史。它一定程度地描写了封建统治者之间的争权夺利,勾心斗角,尔虞我诈的场景,反映了当时某些历史情况;暴露了封建统治者的某些罪恶。但是,三国演义的作者是从维护封建统治出发,宣扬封建正统观念,同时还歌颂封建统治者;鼓吹神权思想和封建迷信,对诸葛亮等人物的才能,大肆渲染,描写成超凡的“先知”、“天命”; 提倡封建道德,特别宣扬“忠”、“义”等。

取材于历史,又不为历史事实所限制,是三国演义创作方法的一个特点。作者成功地塑造了一些性格鲜明、栩栩如生的艺术形象,生动突出了人物的性格特征,艺术成就是出色的。情节方面,例如《桃园三结义》、《三英战吕布》、《草船借箭》、《孔明借东风》、《火烧赤壁》、《关公五关斩六将》、以及《空城计》等等,都是大家耳熟能详的故事。至于三国人物方面,忠勇双全的关公、神机妙算的孔明、以及乱世奸雄曹操,更是《三国演义》之中描写得最成功的人物。

罗贯中,名本,号湖海散人,山西太原人,与人寡合,生卒年代约当元末明初,关于他的史料十分缺少,根据元末明初贾仲名的《录鬼簿续编》提到,罗贯中的乐府、隐语极为清新。据传说,他曾参加反元革命,且和当时反元势力张士诚有过接触。明朝建立之后,罗贯中专心致力于创作通俗文学。包括小说、戏曲数十种。其中小说作品有《三国志通俗演义》、《隋唐两朝志传》、《残唐五代史演义》、《三遂平妖传》以及杂剧《宋太祖龙虎风云会》等,都署名罗贯中所作。

Sherman

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