Zizhi Tongjian (Full Color Illustration Version with a Gift CD-ROM)

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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features:
- Ancient historical artifacts, long buried in dust, still shine brilliantly
- Terracotta figures, weathered by wind and rain, remain lifelike
- Authentic portraits of emperors and officials reveal the grandeur of political giants
- Silent historical relics witnessed earth-shaking events
- Learn about the ambitious founding emperors who conquered vast lands
- Meet loyal ministers and generals who achieved extraordinary feats
- Discover brilliant scholars who spoke eloquently
- Encounter fair and wise judges who ruled with justice
- Uncover why a mighty empire collapsed overnight
- Explore why six states against one still fell into ruin
- Analyze why court coups succeeded repeatedly
- Examine why eunuchs and relatives of empresses always held political power
- Understand why rulers of all dynasties adopted Confucianism as the state ideology
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States to the division of Jin by the three states, and from the Five Dynasties to the prelude to the establishment of the Song Dynasty—1362 years of history, rich and profound. A great historian poured 19 years of painstaking effort into extracting the essence from the complexities, providing future generations with lessons from past dynasties' rise and fall. In a vivid, illustrated format, this classic work of history revitalizes the study of history.