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The legend of the achievements of humble emperors, the prosperity and glory created by commoner generals. The Han Dynasty emerged after Qin unified the six kingdoms. It was a long-lasting dynasty in ancient China and the first prosperous age in the history of the Chinese nation that was full of vitality and high in humanity. The achievements of the Han Dynasty have always affected us. This book depicts a magnificent historical picture of more than 200 years from Liu Bang's founding of the Han Dynasty to Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD). The content covers the territory, official system, military, agriculture, commerce, iron smelting industry, culture, thought and other fields of the Western Han Dynasty. This is a history of the rise and fall of the Han Empire, the entrepreneurship and success of the Liu Han family, and the growth history of many familiar figures in history.

A brief history of the Northern Dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. This book mainly tells the history of the Northern Dynasties for about 140 years (439-581), and details the rise of the Northern Wei, its split (Eastern Wei, Western Wei), the demise of the Northern Wei (replaced by the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou), and the process of Yang Jian's rise to power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and usurping the Zhou Dynasty to unify the world. This is a history of great ethnic migration, great integration, and great ideological and social changes. It experienced painful turmoil, turning points, and reforms, and brewed the great unification of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This book is based on historical materials, with magnificent momentum, strong logic, smooth writing and concise narrative. The author pays attention to exploring the stories behind the stories, including cloud-covered war scenes, exciting party struggles, and ups and downs of harem battles. The book not only focuses on explaining historical stories, but also popularizes humanistic knowledge, making the characters and stories complement each other, making the stories more flavorful, the characters fuller, and more readable.

From the short-term stability of the Western Jin Dynasty to the melee of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in just 150 years, law and chaos changed rapidly in a short period of time. The South and the North continued to merge in the confrontation. The social order collapsed and was rebuilt again and again. Chinese civilization ushered in a new life amidst chaos and subversion. The author's professional background in political science brings a unique historical perspective, taking the characters of the two Jin Dynasties as the main line, from the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty to the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, from the romance of celebrities to clan politics, from family relations to political melee. The ups and downs of 15 families, the changes of 23 regimes, the beginning and end of more than 20 wars, and the fate of hundreds of influential figures. This book uses one book to clarify the chaos of a century and explain the causes and consequences.