Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong.

One of the most expensive television series produced at the time, the project cost 170 million yuan.

It was completed over four years and involved over 400,000 cast and crew members, including divisions of the People's Liberation Army from the Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu military regions.

The series is widely seen as among the best period dramas in China and has been prajsed for capturing the epic scale of the novel's story, themes and characters while maintaining its artistic and historical value.

Chen Zhihui was an extreme example of case (2) because he took on four roles – three as generals from Wei, Shu and Wu (Xu Chu, Liao Hua and Taishi Ci) and one as minor warlord Bao Xin.