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- Genghis Khan, Conqueror of the Four Quarters 成吉思汗，征服四方 Synopsis Using official history as its bones and unofficial tales as its flesh, this book brings to life the epic story of Genghis Khan, from orphan of a troubled age to unifier of the grasslands and founder of an empire spanning Europe and Asia. Across sixty chapters, it begins with his birth on the banks of the Onon River and recounts his youth in exile, the betrayal of sworn brothers, the struggle for supremacy on the grasslands, and the unification of the great desert. It follows his procla 27.7kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- The Turmoil of the North and South 南北乱世 Relive nearly a century of chaos during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. From Liu Yu's overthrow of the Jin dynasty and founding of the Song, and Tuoba Tao's unification of the north, which opened the era of north-south rivalry; to Emperor Xiaowen's relocation of the capital to Luoyang and promotion of sinicization, accelerating the blending of Hu and Han peoples; then the Six Garrisons' uprising and the Northern Wei's division, followed by the Eastern and Western Wei battling at Shayuán and 7.5kClicks5Favorites0Recs
- The Five Barbarians' Invasion and the Sixteen Kingdoms 五胡乱华与十六国 In the final years of the Western Jin, imperial authority had fallen into other hands. The Rebellion of the Eight Princes had exhausted the strength of the Central Plains, the court was hopelessly corrupt, and the people lived in poverty. The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang, and other northern peoples who had migrated inland since the Eastern Han seized the chance to rise against the Jin as the Western Jin regime teetered on the brink of collapse. In 304 AD, Li Xiong of the Di people establish 4.9kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- The Five Dynasties Return to Song 五代归宋 For centuries after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the realm lay divided, with warfare raging and the people suffering. It was only when Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, ascended the throne and restored order through the Reign of Zhenguan that the turmoil of the old era finally came to an end. Beneath the glory of the High Tang, the flames of the An Lushan Rebellion and the undercurrents of separatist military governors had already planted the seeds of the dynasty's collapse. When Chan 2.9kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- The Romance of Three Chinese Dynasties 华夏三朝演义 Introduction to The Epic of Three Dynasties of Huaxia Written in the classical style and chapter structure of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Epic of Three Dynasties of Huaxia adopts the stirring narrative style of The Generals of the Yang Family. It takes official history as its foundation and romance as its embellishment, spanning the primordial age, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Xia and Shang dynasties, the Western and Eastern Zhou, the feudal states of the Spring and Autumn 959Clicks1Favorites0Recs
