CAJ | 학술논문

成书于金代的《三国志平话》中的关羽“面如紫玉”；元杂剧三国戏中的关羽开始有“赤面”或“丹脸”的直接描述，如“红馥馥双脸胭脂般赤”“绛云也似丹脸若频婆”等。蒙古族审美文化认为“赤面”或“红脸”象征着武勇，是好汉或英雄的体征之一；而《三国志演义》中关羽的“面如重枣”（疑原为“面如挣枣”）之赤面的描写来自元杂剧三国戏而不是《三国志平话》，从而可推知《三国志演义》的作者就是《录鬼簿续编》所记载的戏曲家罗贯中。
성서우금대적《삼국지평화》중적관우“면여자옥”；원잡극삼국희중적관우개시유“적면”혹“단검”적직접묘술，여“홍복복쌍검연지반적”“강운야사단검약빈파”등。몽고족심미문화인위“적면”혹“홍검”상정착무용，시호한혹영웅적체정지일；이《삼국지연의》중관우적“면여중조”（의원위“면여쟁조”）지적면적묘사래자원잡극삼국희이불시《삼국지평화》，종이가추지《삼국지연의》적작자취시《록귀부속편》소기재적희곡가라관중。
The color of Guan Yu’ s face in The Stories of Three Kingdoms edited in Jin Dynasty was like purple jade, but in the Yuan Opera his face was described as red as dates , or as red as rouge, etc.Red face represents bravery and valor in the Mongolian culture .The depiction of which Guan Yu ’ s face was as red as dates in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was from the Yuan Opera of three kingdoms , from which a conclusion could be drawn that the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the dramatist Luo Guanzhong recorded in The Sequel to the List of Ghosts.