glazing the Shu Han kingdom when they really didn’t deserve it
I had read the preface to current English edition where the role of the novel as historical propaganda was explained and it really have no sense except "i decided Shu is good" which then continue to be parroted over centuries. Why would Central Plains unification faction become a proxy for Mongols and Manchu while western and southern splinter warlords become good guys from the specific point of view of desirable unification of China and throwing off a foreign rule is completely beyond me.