Chinese History Through Funny Anecdotes

Read anecdotes, learn history.

Ninety-six influential figures from history and 980 amusing classic anecdotes come together in a fresh and distinctive history of China.

Rich in content and unique in perspective, this book spans from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods to the founding of the Republic of China. It brings three thousand years of history to life, from emperors and their founding tales, ambitious princes, and powerful ministers and treacherous chancellors skilled at office politics, to distinctive second-generation royals, women of power, influential artists, battle-hardened generals, favored eunuchs, wealthy figures, and ruthless secret police. The stories are told with captivating detail.