Kingdom of Chu

It is the eternal masterpiece of Chu people's character and destiny, and a magnificent epic of youthful war and love. The descendants of Zhuan Xu and Zhu Rong were of noble birth and extraordinary intelligence. From the time of the Five Emperors to the Xia Dynasty, they were the pillars of the country and high officials. Entering the Xia Dynasty, Zhu Ronglu gave birth to six sons, all of whom were given titles. The youngest son Ji Lian was given the surname Mi and inherited the position of Zhu Rong, and was the most loved by his parents. But after the merchants destroyed Xia, in order to cleanse the remaining parties of the Xia Dynasty, they madly killed the Zhu Rong clan, almost killing them all. Only Ji Lian Yizhi, surnamed Mi, escaped south under the protection of Phoenix. For the survival of the ethnic group, Ji Lian's descendants established their own country in the southern wilderness and named the country Chu. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Chu people surnamed Mi, who hated the merchants surnamed Zi, joined King Wu of Zhou's army to conquer the merchants. The Shang Dynasty was destroyed in the battle of Muye, but the Zhou Dynasty did not enfeoff the Chu people. The Chu people, who were increasingly becoming southern barbarians, had a love-hate relationship with the Central Plains, and began a frenzied Northern Expedition, almost wiping out dozens of countries in the Jianghan River Basin. King Xiong Tong of Chu proclaimed himself King Wu and challenged the Zhou Dynasty, which had lost its royal power. His son King Wen of Chu marched into the Central Plains and destroyed the states of Shen and Xi, the gateways to the Central Plains. The princes of the Central Plains were in panic. They gathered under the command of the overlord Qi Huangong and formed an eight-nation coalition to attack the Chu people. A tragic Central Plains war was about to break out! The novel takes as the historical background the Spring and Autumn Period when King You of the Zhou Dynasty played beacon fire on the princes, leading to the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and King Ping moved eastward. It describes in detail the legendary journey of the Chu people in the Northern Expedition. The Chu people's unique cultural psychology, unique character traits, romantic customs, and wild love and hatred are astonishing and dazzling.