Romance of the Five Dynasties
by Cai Dongfan
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If there is long-term rule, there will be chaos; if there is long-term unity, there will be division. As time went by, the legacy of the ancestors gradually depleted, and the chaos became increasingly fierce. Three or five heroes took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, either claiming the title of emperor or claiming the land as king. In this chaotic and divided situation, there were various states during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms during the Later Han Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Five Dynasties after the Late Tang Dynasty. The Five Dynasties lasted for fifty-three years, with eight surnames and thirteen emperors, and the country's name was changed five times, namely Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou. Because these kingdoms had already been named by previous dynasties, historians added a later character to each, calling them Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou. In addition, there were countries that were either combined or separated from the Five Dynasties, but were not affiliated with each other. They were called the Ten Kingdoms, namely Wu, Chu, Fujian, Southern Tang, Former Shu, Later Shu, Southern Han, Northern Han, Wuyue, and Jingnan. The current situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was simply that the king was not the king, the ministers were not the ministers, the father was not the father, and the son was not the son. They were fighting for each other, the superiors and the inferiors were replacing each other, usurpers and murderers were seeking each other, and the greed was endless. Therefore, each generation can only pass on the inheritance for more than ten years at most, and only three or four years at least. Before our eyes, China is in chaos, the sea is fishy, and the surrounding areas are restless...
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