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The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a period of great division in Chinese history. Civil uprisings broke out in the late Tang Dynasty, vassal towns in various places proclaimed themselves kings, and civil strife continued in the Central Plains. During this half-century of chaos, the world was torn apart, laws and regulations were lax, the ruling class was changing frequently, and morality was disordered. Arrogant soldiers and powerful generals proclaimed themselves kings and emperors, fathers and sons killed each other in endless reincarnations, literati and bachelors sold themselves for glory, and the people's lives were in ruins, and the people were in dire straits. But it was also this dark period that provided a lesson for the new round of integration and unification of China, and gave birth to the Zhao and Song Dynasties with prosperous civil rule and highly developed political civilization. This book is a popular book about the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The author begins with Huang Chao's War, and then narrates the replacement of the Central Plains dynasties of the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Wu, as well as the establishment of many separatist regimes such as the Former Shu, Wu, and Southern Tang in the south, and the rise of the Khitan in the north, until the death of Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Zhou Dynasty, and the establishment of the Song Dynasty by Zhao Kuangyin. The author focuses on the emperors who established the dynasty, as well as their advisers, generals and other figures, and uses military operations, major events, and the rise and fall of dynasties as lines, supplemented by describing the reactions and actions of the Central Plains dynasties against the separatist regimes. The author uses points to cover, clear layers, and clear context to depict a picture of the troubled times in which "all the heroes came together to fight for hegemony in the world."