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While playing a board game, a man in this novel remains composed as his bone is scraped for poison. Earlier in this novel, that character hopes to (10[1])“die on the same day, in the same month and in the same year” as men he met at an inn. A ritual in this novel is performed for three days and three nights to summon an eastern wind before a battle. A strategist in this novel “borrowed” (10[1])arrows for a battle whose wind he used to carry fire ships into a fleet. That crushing defeat was suffered by Cáo Cāo (10[1])(“tsao tsao”), the main antagonist of this member of the (10[1])Four Great Classical Novels. For 10 points, name this historical Chinese novel titled for the conflict between Wei, Shu, and Wu. ■END■

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