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From the First Emperor of Qin to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, several generations of emperors blazed a new trail in the midst of centuries of hardship. Together, they completed a great change in China's political system - from co-ruling the world and establishing separate states to a unified country with centralized power and supremacy of imperial power. This had a profound impact on the politics and history of the next two thousand years. This book takes the national policy changes of the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty as its main theme, from the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, to the Han's inheritance of the Qin Dynasty, and finally to the mature Han Dynasty, unfolding the picture of the Qin and Han system changes for readers. Starting from the four dimensions of era, characters, factions, and culture, through micro-level psychological analysis of characters and decision-making of famous emperors and generals from Emperor Qin to Han Wu, combined with macro-level trend deduction, using important historical events as nodes and starting points, it provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the internal affairs of historical figures. The decision-making logic of the heart not only shows the outstanding talents of historical figures in "heroes make the times", but also shows the limitations and difficulties of "the times make heroes" that historical figures cannot escape. It tries its best to show readers in the era of great changes, how each familiar historical celebrity stands out, and why it is difficult to distinguish their merits and demerits.

Why Chang'an? From the Li Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, from the Han Dynasty to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, a 4,000-year ups and downs of changes in cities and civilizations ended hundreds of years of chaos twice, and unified the world five times, creating three powerful dynasties that lasted for more than 200 years. From the Shang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, it repeatedly became the end of dynasties. Let's see how Chang'an on the West Chui Plain interprets the ancient capital's counterattack of destiny. This book takes the ancient capital of Xi'an as the "protagonist" and spans 4,000 years of history from the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Starting from the origin of Xi'an, it discusses the process of why and how Xi'an was chosen to become the ancient capital. Then, using Xi'an's lost capital as a comparison, it further analyzes the degree of coordination between generations of capital strategic decisions and national political policies, and the ultimate political benefits. It also discusses the formation and development of other ancient capitals, and displays the details of the game of Xi'an as the capital of the past dynasties in a full picture scroll.