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Unknown in History Five thousand years of history are filled with emperors and generals. But what really holds up this land are the little people who are brushed aside or even never mentioned. "Unknown History" contains fifty ordinary people who really existed but have been almost forgotten by history. Among them, there was the jailer Wei Shun who risked beheading to steal Yue Fei's body and kept it secret for twenty years; there was Fan Ruoshui, a scholar of the Southern Tang Dynasty who failed to pass the imper 5Favorites2Clicks/ch—Nutrition
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Xihe's Old Stories During the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Shao, a Jinshi, resigned from his post as chief registrar and traveled westward alone for ten years in the wilderness between Qin and Wei. He drew maps, visited Tibetan tribes, learned riding and archery, and wrote the "Pingrong Policy" which shocked the government and the public as a commoner. Emperor Shenzong made an exception, and Wang Shao led the army with a scholar. In fifty-four days, he recovered the six states of Xi, He, Tao, 3Favorites1Clicks/ch—Nutrition