In 770 BCE, the Zhou king crossed eastward and moved the capital from Haojing to Luoyi. Thus the Spring and Autumn period officially began, an age of beacon fires, shifting fortunes, and turbulent change...
Spring breezes and autumn clouds, as the Five Hegemons rise. The Zhou dynasty grows weaker by the day, while the feudal states gather strength, each intent on vying for supremacy and claiming the Central Plains...
Words clash like swords, and a hundred schools of thought contend. The rites and music established by the Duke of Zhou fall into ruin; in the halls of power, everyone plots and schemes, all eager to replace the dynasty and claim the crown...
Should one continue to preserve the Zhou dynasty's superficial unity, or forge a new world and take its place? The question becomes a persistent worry for Xiaobai, the very one who would “honor the king and expel the barbarians.”
