The Seven Warring States: Song of Chu

Over eight centuries, Chu rose from a small barbarian state to claim its own kingdom, then reached for the Central Plains and took control of half the realm. It saw Wu Qi’s reforms, King Huai’s deception, bloodshed at Lantian, and the fall of Ying. Cursed as an empire that was “great, but never strong,” how did Chu follow the gears of fate toward its inevitable destruction? And even in its downfall, the spirit of Chu endured.