A Tale of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties

Name: A Tale of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties
Author: Qin Xue Wuhen

戏说魏晋南北朝

by Qin Xue Wuhen (琴雪无痕)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 812k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 2h ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

Telling real history in a playful voice, this book paints a sweeping portrait of the turbulent years of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties.

This period of history was practically a real-life, large-scale farce worthy of Game of Thrones. Not long after Sima Yan, who had unified the country, died, a foolish emperor and his ugly empress turned the realm into a slaughterhouse during the War of the Eight Princes. Liu Yuan, Shi Le, and others invaded the Central Plains, plunging the north into a contest of misery, while great aristocratic clans fled south to Jiangnan and founded the Eastern Jin dynasty, where they continued to fight among themselves despite controlling only a corner of the realm.

Here you'll find Zu Ti, who rose at the sound of roosters; Wang Meng, who chatted while picking lice; Xie An, calmly playing chess during the Battle of Feishui; the Southern Dynasties emperors, who made usurpation their lifelong profession; and the Xianbei of the Northern Wei, who steadily adopted Han culture and transformed from barbarians into a mighty power. It was a mad era when aristocratic clans outranked emperors, celebrated scholars took drugs to look cool, and generals treated rebellion as a job performance target.

This book guides you through the most chaotic and fascinating period in history by telling one funny story after another. From Sima Yan's usurpation of Wei, through the War of the Eight Princes, the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians, and the clashes between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it ends with Yang Jian seizing the opportunity to unify the realm and bring three hundred years of turmoil to a close.

It turns out history can be funnier than a comedy routine and more thrilling than a blockbuster!

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