The Knight-Errant and the Commoner Emperor: Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty

This is a book about Liu Bang. Based on detailed research on historical documents, it strives to portray a flesh-and-blood character. When he was young, he admired Wei Gongzi Xinlingjun Wuji, a knight-errant who traveled everywhere with a three-foot green sword on his back. Later, he rushed all the way to Daliang, hoping to join Lord Xinling's family. Only when he arrived did he find out that Lord Xinling had been dead for several years. This was probably a lifelong regret for him. In the following decades, Qin's chariots rolled over the six kingdoms, and he was also involved in the order of the new empire. He became the pavilion chief of Surabaya, and lived in obscurity until his forties. At the age of forty-eight, he raised an army against Qin in Peixian County. At the age of fifty, he invaded Xianyang and destroyed Qin. At the age of fifty-five, he killed Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor. At the age of sixty-two, he passed away. Almost all the major events in his life were squeezed into the last ten years. With the naked eye, he, like all of us, is ultimately just a handful of loess in Changling. Dust returns to dust, and soil returns to dust.