German version of Chinese classic

BERLIN-"It is as if The Song of the Nibelungs in the form of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings had come upon us; Game of Thrones is kindergarten when compared with it."

This was the introduction of China's ancient classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by German newspaper Die Welt in an article, following the publication of the first complete German translation of the classic by Sinologist Eva Schestag.

Prior to this edition, presented by S. Fisher publishing house earlier this year, with the name of Die Drei Reiche, only 35 of a total 120 chapters had been translated into German by Sinologist Franz Kuhn in the mid-20th century.