The Han Empire's Far-Reaching Might: Chronicles of the Two Han Dynasties: an epic of Han history that will make you laugh until your abs ache;
Think the Han dynasty was all solemn ministers respectfully presenting memorials to the throne? Think again! Here you'll see:
• Liu Bang's startup team was Silicon Valley all-stars: Xiao He was the CFO, Zhang Liang the strategy consultant, and Han Xin the top salesperson. Modern management theory redefines the Chu-Han Contention;
• Emperor Wu of Han was the ancient world's Steve Jobs. His campaigns against the Xiongnu were like Apple crushing Nokia, and his expansion of the realm was like a frenzy of acquisitions of start-ups;
• Wang Mang, an idealistic shut-in, tried to rebuild society's system using the code of the Rites of Zhou, only to turn the country into a beta version riddled with bugs;
• Emperor Ling of Han opened an “official positions 4S dealership” in the imperial palace, tried “donkey-cart drifting,” and ran the country like a giant live-action role-playing game;
In the most down-to-earth language, this book takes you back to an age teeming with heroes:
See how Cao Cao made history's most cost-effective “brand acquisition,” how Liu Bei went from selling woven mats and shoes to becoming the CEO of the Three Kingdoms, how Dong Zhuo took brutality to the extreme, and how scholar-officials struggled to survive in the game of power.
This isn't the dry history book you remember. It's a survival guide full of power struggles, human conflicts, and workplace wisdom. Four hundred years of turmoil across the Two Han dynasties, and the joys and sorrows of more than a hundred historical figures, are waiting for you to discover.
Open this book and you'll find that history has never been so entertaining, and the people of the past have never felt so alive.
