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Historical and Cultural Connotation of Chinese and Western National Heroes’ Loyalism： Romance of t 　　[a]Lecturer. College of Arts and Sciences， Yangtze University， Jingzhou， China. 　　*Corresponding author. 　　Received 5 January 2014； accepted 16 March 2014 　　Published online 27 April 2014 　　Abstract 　　Romance of the Three Kingdoms has given shape to a group of loyal and brave heroes of the Three Kingdoms， such as Zhuge Liang， Guan Yun etc. in Shu Kingdom， who take Confucian philosophy as the norm of their behavior. Greek Mythology has depicted twelve ancient Greek preeminent gods under Zeus’ lead， who view “beauty”， “wisdom”， “competition” and “individual freedom” as their main philosophic values. This paper compares and analyzes the similarities and differences of “national heroes’ loyalism” in Chinese and western history and culture from the perspective of philosophy， taking the historical images， literary images and folk images of the loyal national heroes in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Greek Mythology as examples. 　　Key words： Romance of the Three Kingdoms； Greek Mythology； National heroes’ loyalism； Historical and cultural connotation； Similarities； Differences 　　LEI Min （2014）. Historical and Cultural Connotation of Chinese and Western National Heroes’ Loyalism： Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Greek Mythology. Cross-Cultural Communication， 10（2）， -0. Available from： http///index.php/ccc/article/view/4699 　　DOI： http：///10.3968/4699 　　INTRODUCTION 　　Since ancient times， heroes have been becoming the icons who people worship， admire and are avid for being. Literary scholars coming from different eras and countries， mold their idea hero images and icons， create heroic images of different cultural and era connotation in vivid stories. Therefore， hero contains its special connotation in different cultural background. According to the culture of the Three Kingdoms characterized by the behavior standard of Confucian Philosophy， heroic images are the