History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: the Price of the Peaceful Years

This book focuses on the troubled times of the ten kingdoms from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, taking the Huangchao Uprising as the trigger, and connecting the magnificent history of the separatist regimes and dynasty changes. From Huang Chao's rise to power despite repeated attempts, to Zhu Wen's surrender to the Tang Dynasty to seize power and the establishment of the Liang Dynasty on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, to Li Keyong, Wang Jian and other heroes competing for the world, it shows the competition and rise and fall of various forces. The book not only depicts the pride and destruction of Huang Chao's "city full of golden armor", but also details the machinations and struggles of figures such as Zhu Wen and Li Cunxu. It restores the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty when the imperial examinations were corrupted, eunuchs were dictatorial, and the people were in dire straits, as well as the characteristics of the era of frequent regime changes and endless wars in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and outlines a historical picture of this split, turbulent but far-reaching influence.