Romance of the Eastern Zhou States: Illustrated Edition

Author: Xie Changhua adapted, Liu Zhengqian illustrated
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book describes the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, from the Eastern of King Ping of Zhou to Luoyi to the unification of the six states by Qin Shi Huang. Over five hundred years, it narrates the stories of the struggles among the feudal lords, with a focus on the rise and fall, prosperity and decline of the Five Hegemons of Spring and Autumn and the Seven Powers of the Warring States. In the end, the six states were merged into Qin, unifying the world. Among them, stories such as the King You of Zhou playing with the beacon fires to fool the feudal lords, the Orphan of Zhao, the Spring and Autumn of Wu and Yue, the Reforms of Shang Yang, the Battle of Sun and Pang, the Rescue of Zhao by Stealing the Seal, and the Assassination of Qin Wang by Jing Ke are captivating and widely loved, having been passed down in folk tales and deeply cherished by people.