This book covers the military systems of the Xia dynasty, the Shang dynasty, the Western Zhou, the Warring States period, the Qin dynasty, the Western Han, the Eastern Han, the Three Kingdoms, the Jin dynasties, the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Southern Dynasties, the Northern Dynasties, and the Sui dynasty, as well as the fubing system, the professional soldier system, and the military systems of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
