Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government: Counting Work Seniority from the Warring States Era

[Comprehensive Mirror in Plain-Language Chronological Form] Each chapter can be read on its own [Immersive history + unabridged historian's account] The rise and fall of dynasties over 1,362 years, from the Warring States period to the Five Dynasties, are all here. This is no dry history book, but a collection of vivid stories. Zhi Yao's skull was made into a wine vessel, while Yu Rang lacquered his body and swallowed charcoal just to land that one strike; The log Shang Yang set up at the southern gate changed the fate of Qin; King Wuling of Zhao donned the clothes of the Hu and rode into Xianyang, only to starve to death at his palace in the dunes; Bai Qi buried four hundred thousand men after the Battle of Changping, yet died by a sword at Duyou; On a street in Handan, Lü Buwei spotted a down-and-out royal grandson and wagered his entire fortune on him; Lord Xinling stole the tally to save Zhao, and Hou Ying faced north and took his own life; Qin Shi Huang unified the realm, only for it to fall under his second-generation successor; Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought for supremacy, while Han Xin endured the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs before becoming a peerless general; Emperor Wu of Han hid his beloved in a golden house, while Wei Qing and Huo Qubing made their names at Langjuxu; The Three Kingdoms stood in opposition, Guan Yu lost Maicheng, and autumn winds swept across Wuzhangyuan where Zhuge Liang lay ill; The elegance of the Wei and Jin eras, the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, and the upheaval of the Five Barbarians; Emperor Yang of Sui dug the Grand Canal, and Emperor Taizong of Tang seized power at the Xuanwu Gate; Wu Zetian's blank stele, and the An Lushan Rebellion's bloody ending at Mawei Slope; Huang Chao stormed Chang'an, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang, and warlords rose one after another during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms... From the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou, when the Three Houses divided Jin, to the death of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, Chai Rong, on his northern expedition. 1,362 years, sixty-one protagonists, and countless moments that changed the course of history. No grand lectures, no preaching. Just the struggles, choices, triumphs, and downfalls of those people, told to you one by one. For anyone who loves history. I'll write alongside Sima Guang, and you can read along with me. One thousand three hundred and sixty