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[Yue Fei]

To keep the topic clear of clutter, I have deleted the old one after looking through all the links, to see which ones are dead. All the links will now be shown in this first post, and categorized. I ask that you do not post here, and if you have any new links, please PM them to me Yue Fei so I can edit this post. Thank you.

San Guo Zhi Biographies
Kongming
Empire Divided
Three Kingdoms History (Contains biographies that used to be hosted at 3kingdoms.net)

Places to Read the Novel (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Also has interesting commentary for each specific line.)

Specific Information
Dr. Rafe de Crespigny's Work
The Western Regions according to the Hou Han Shu
Weilue: The Peoples of the West
Jiuwan's Realm of the Three Kingdoms (Contains Rank info, reign years, event summaries, provincial statistics, etc.)
A case study of Chinese civil warfare: The Cao‐Wei conquest of Shu‐Han in AD 263 (Note: In order to access the full text, one must purchase either a limited access to the article for $34 USD, or for permanent access to the entire issue, $122 USD. The abstract for it is free though.)
Primary Source Article about Shi Xie A PDF from Columbia University, this is a fairly short, but interesting piece about Shi Xie containing primary source material as well as some questions.

Info in Chinese
All the SGZs (Not Translated)
Zizhi Tongjian (Not Translated)
Hou Hanshu (Not Translated)
Hou Hanshu by the Chinese Text Project (Contains many interesting works as well, such as; military treatises (The Art of War, Wu Zi, etc.), Religious texts, The work of Guan Zhong, and a whole range of other topics. Some things are translated, others are not. However each work contains a Chinese dictionary attached to the verses so you could perhaps get the gist of what's being said.)

General Information
Overview of the Later Han up to the Early Tang(Note: To access previous volumes, you will have to pay for a membership. Recent volumes are free to access).
The Three Kingdoms Wiki (Made by Zantam03, and has accounts of battles and forces, all researched and complete with primary sources).

Note: I cannot guarantee these links will continue to be up, so if you find one that is dead or no longer has relevant information (ex. it changed from the Three Kingdoms to Power Rangers), please let me know in a PM, and I will remove it.

[Yue Fei]

Old Updates
May 9, 2009
(Update: Added archives of the old Empire Divided, as well as an archive of 3kingdoms.net)

Jan 17, 2010
(Update: Pronunciation Guide removed due to a dead link. Will try to find another one that was just as good.)

February 2, 2010
(Update: Added Weilue: The Peoples of the West to Specific Information. It covers all of the "Barbarian" peoples to the west of China during the Three Kingdoms)

March 8, 2010
(Update: Added Jiuwan's Realm of the Three Kingdoms, removed the archive of the old Empire Divided for reasons due to: "Having many translation errors, grammar errors, and generally serious flaws that make it less reliable than Wikipedia.")

February 15, 2010
(Update: Added Weapons of Ancient China, which is a series of videos that total about an hour and 10 minutes in length, about the various weapons used throughout Chinese history. Professor Yang Hong, renowned for his work on weapons, is featured quite prominently in the series.)

May 20, 2010
(Update: Added The Three Kingdoms Wiki made by Zantam03, which has accounts of battles, factions, all researched and include primary sources. Be sure to check it out.)

September 11, 2010
(Update: Added the Hou Hanshu by the Chinese Text Project. It contains other interesting works as well, such as; military treatises (The Art of War, Wu Zi, etc.), Religious texts, The work of Guan Zhong. Some things are translated, others are not. However each work contains a Chinese dictionary attached to the verses so you could perhaps get the gist of what's being said.)

September 18, 2010
(Additional Update: Unfortunately the link to Rafe's work no longer works for some apparent reason. I'm going to keep it up in the chance that it will eventually. But if someone knows what's happened feel free to PM me. If there has been a change of website address, let me know.

Found where Rafe's page has been moved to. The link has been updated on the list.)

January 21, 2011
(Update: The Hou Han Shu link not by the Chinese Text Project is currently dead. I will leave it up for some time in the hopes that it is fixed, but being that there you can access it from the Chinese Text Project link, please use that for the time being if you are attempting any translations.)

August 17, 2011
(Update: Weapons of Ancient China has been removed, due to the videos having been taken down from Youtube. I will attempt to find another documentary series that was as informative.)

November 19, 2011
(Update: Added a link to where you can purchase "A case study of Chinese civil warfare: The Cao‐Wei conquest of Shu‐Han in AD 263" at the behest of Nick who recommended it on the basis that he has access to it through his University Campus.)

December 13, 2011
(Update: Added a link to a PDF containing primary source material on Shi Xie from Columbia University's website. Quite interesting and informative to say the least. Would not add much to any discussion outside of Shi Xie, but a good read either way. Special thank you to Scholar for recommending it.)

[Yue Fei]

(Update: Please note that the General Overview of the Later Han up to the Early Tang, requires you to have a paid membership to access past volumes. Current volumes are still made available free to access. I am uncertain as to when this change has happened, but regardless, I wanted to inform everyone who uses these info sites as a resource. This General Overview is a great asset, and if you are serious in studying Chinese history, it will be useful to you.)