Minimalist History of China: Overview of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms and a Complete List of Emperors

Since Qin Shihuang unified China, successive emperors, as the supreme rulers, have often concentrated national power and are stakeholders in major decisions, major events and important interests of a country. When reading and studying China's feudal history, if one can systematically understand the reign time, succession order, replacement process and their main merits and demerits of the emperors of the past dynasties, one can generally clarify the historical context of the relevant dynasties and grasp the key points of history. This book aims to meet the needs of a wide range of readers, presenting the inheritance process, reign time and main merits and demerits of the emperors of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms concisely, systematically and coherently. Before introducing each dynasty and emperor, it briefly describes the dynasty's establishment background, territorial scope, founding time, inheritance overview, historical contributions and lessons from its defeat, allowing readers to have a basic understanding of each dynasty and emperor at a glance, ultimately achieving the purpose of quickly understanding the history of relevant dynasties, gaining knowledge, and exploring the inheritance process of imperial power and the laws of social development and change.