Having read and studied the book since his childhood, he was deeply influenced by it, as it was shown both during the civil war and during the first phases of the People’s Republic. The most famous among them is PRC Chairman Mao Zedong. Such a great work, imbued with philosophy and warfare, gained quite a few fans over the course of the centuries. However they didn’t even finish speaking when Cao Cao 曹操 and his army arrived and saved the emperor, all thanks to Cao Cao’s military skill and foresight. This comes from a passage of the Romance in which the emperor was besieged, and one of his subordinates suggested sending a messenger to Cao Cao 曹操 to ask for help. For instance, the western saying “speak of the devil and he shall appear” in chinese is translated and used as “shuo Cao Cao, Cao Cao jiu dao 说曹操，曹操就到”, literally “as soon as you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives”. Their stories and deeds proved to be perfectly fitting for describing common situations. As we just saw, characters playing an important role in the Romance often find their way in Chinese people's everyday life. Chengyu are really important for Chinese culture as they usually serve as a sort of collective wisdom. The Chinese language has particular kinds of idioms called chengyu, which are usually ancient formulas or popular sayings, commonly expressed with a brief group of words. Being the symbol of social redemption, the commoners took more sympathy toward him compared to the other noble, rich, and powerful warlords. It’s only nearer the second half of the Romance, when he's almost an old man (by third century standards), that he manages to be successful, after being disregarded for his entire life. This is because at the beginning, Liu Bei, though being of royal blood, sold straw sandals to earn the money to live and this humble condition caused him to be looked down upon by the other warlords during the first phases of the story. In fact, while the official records favoured Cao Cao 曹操, the folklore used to show some favour to Liu Bei's. The emperor needed something to create distance with the past: Liu Bei 刘备 and the kingdom of Shu-Han 蜀汉 proved to be perfect for the job. It was during this time that Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance at court. This narrative of Cao Cao 曹操 being ‘the good guy’ went on until the Yuan dynasty (1360s). This happened because the Jin 晋 dynasty needed to remark the legitimacy of their claim on the empire, given that they came about after replacing the kingdom of Wei 魏. In those Records much emphasis and praise was given to the figure of Cao Cao 曹操, the "progenitor" of the kingdom of Wei 魏, an intelligent and meritocratic man. In fact the Records of the Three Kingdoms, written by Chen Shou, were commissioned by none other than the new Jin 晋 dynasty.
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