Legends of Qin and Han

Before the Xia Dynasty, China had three emperors, Yao, Shun, and Yu, all regarded by the people as wise rulers. After the Xia came the Shang and Zhou dynasties, followed by the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Then Qin Shi Huang unified the six states. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu joined his uncle Xiang Liang in launching an uprising in Wu to resist the Qin. Then Liu Bang raised an army after slaying a snake with his three-foot sword, destroyed the Qin in three years and defeated Chu in five, unifying the realm! The Han dynasty ruled for more than four hundred years. Since Wang Mang usurped the throne midway and reigned for eighteen years, the Han before him is called the Former Han, and the Han after him the Later Han. Arranged in chronological order, this book brings together more than a hundred stories from the Qin and Han periods, taking listeners into an age of raging warfare and fervent heroism.