Ten lifetimes of reincarnation, nine spent in preparation.
In his final life, he was transported to the Great Qin. Between the brink of liberation and the threshold of death, he came to understand the truth behind the great upheavals of more than two thousand years of imperial rule, from the Zhou and Qin dynasties to the late Qing.
What does it mean to be a reformer?
To change the nation, its system of governance, the people’s livelihoods, and the people themselves.
To change anything in this world that can be changed.
Just as Ji Heng was about to die, a crisp voice rang out from the banks of the Wei River in Qin: “Sir, please don’t be so set on dying. Tell me another story about the ‘Great Upheaval of the Ages between the Zhou and Qin’.”