Three Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties - Four Hundred Years of Turmoil and Strife

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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties – four hundred years of turmoil and strife, where swords were drawn and dynasties rose and fell. Amidst confrontation, there was also integration, completing a baptism of the national spirit. This book is part of the "Illustrated History of China" series, introducing you to the religion, culture, art, diplomacy, and more of this unique four-century period. The orioles singing between the leaves, the silent thatched huts – the former lords and their loyal ministers are gone. The swallows of the Wang and Xie families, the taverns along the Qinhuai River – the heroes have been washed away by the waves. The old are gone, the new have arrived. The nomadic cavalry gallops, the foreign tribes compete, each claiming their own land. Peace appears, then chaos erupts, chaos erupts, and the people only grow more sorrowful over the sorrows of displacement. Yet, division does not only mean turmoil and darkness. The flowing sleeves, the magnanimous and disdainful demeanor of the scholars – their style is envied by later generations; the spirit of Jian'an, the folk songs of Yuefu – their literature set a new trend for the times. The southern lands shrink, the northern winds rise, and the surging tides of the era will eventually find the exit of history.