Eat Your Way Through Chinese History: Xia, Shang, and Zhou is the eleventh book in Bubaichi's comprehensive Chinese history series. It tells the history of the three ancient dynasties of Xia, Shang, and Zhou, covering the formation of the Huaxia political order, the spread of pre-Qin literature and customs and ideas, and the legends of emperors, ministers, heroes, and beauties. It brings a thousand years of history into focus through a series of gripping key stories. Famous tales such as Yu the Great controlling the floods, the beacon fires that fooled the feudal lords, the warrior queen Fu Hao, and King Wu's campaign against King Zhou are vividly brought to life. Grounded in rigorous historical sources, including the Book of Documents, the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Records of the Grand Historian, the Preface to the Mao Odes, and Cutting Down the Shang, the book combines them with the lively, humorous storytelling of the Bubaichi brand. It turns obscure ancient history into three wildly imaginative battles for survival in the workplace, recasting the emperors and ministers of Xia, Shang, and Zhou as ancient wage earners and delivering a history comedy show you won't find in textbooks, but can trust to get the facts right!
