Things About the Eastern Zhou Dynasty

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was an era of great waves and heroes. Starting from the loneliness of King Ping's eastward migration, the original strict patriarchal hierarchy collapsed in the iron hoof and war, which kicked off the grand prelude of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period that lasted for more than 500 years. This book uses humorous yet rigorous writing to take you back to that strange time and space when "rituals collapsed" but "a hundred schools of thought contended". Here you will see: Strategy and hegemony: From Qi Huangong's power tactics of "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" to Qin Shihuang's domineering power to sweep the world, the life-and-death games between kings and ministers of various countries in diplomacy and battlefields. The Awakening of Scholars: In the turbulent years, thinkers such as Confucius, Laozi, and Mozi searched hard in troubled times, opening up the most brilliant intellectual peak of Chinese civilization. A big stage for little people: not only princes and generals, but also assassins, hermits, businessmen and strategists. They use their blood and wisdom to jointly weave a magnificent humanistic picture. This is not only a history of the rise and fall of geopolitics, but also a story about human nature, ideals and the laws of survival. Hidden in those seemingly distant ancient past events are the deep genes of China's political logic and cultural character over the past three thousand years.