At the Pinnacle of Power

[Qin Dynasty • Lü Buwei • Political Intrigue • No Romance • Advisors • Mind Games • Late Warring States]

A truly extraordinary man, whose valuable goods await their time. With a flip of his hand, he stirs the winds and clouds and commands the Six States. A disciple of the Guigu School sets the wheels of intrigue in motion. As the Seven Warring States vie for supremacy, the First Emperor emerges. Through the painstaking efforts of his own father, Lü Buwei, the Qin Empire navigates the world with consummate skill...

Lü Hui, a third-year graduate student at the Institute of Chinese History and Culture, was about to graduate. In his wildest dreams, he never imagined that a research project would let him witness once more the late Warring States era, when rival states fought for supremacy a thousand years ago. With the mysterious backing of his school, he watches his father’s legendary journey as he turns the impossible into gold...

The late Warring States was a turbulent period of warfare among the rival states, when the Hundred Schools of Thought flourished and legendary historical figures emerged one after another...

This book focuses on the history of the young Lü Buwei, who, after an extraordinary encounter, decides to leave commerce for politics. Backed by three thousand retainers and advisors, he channels a merchant’s greed and hunger for power into raising his family to prominence.

The author’s references for this book include Lüshi Chunqiu, Zizhi Tongjian, The Qin Empire, Guiguzi, Tao Te Ching, I Ching, physiognomy texts, Thick Black Theory, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Stratagems, Bing Jian, Five Thousand Years of Chinese History, and books on business management, management studies, organizational behavior, psychology, and many other fields.