Liao, Xia, Jin, Yuan Court Stories

Author: Wang Yundong, Liu Suyong
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The palace is the political center of feudal emperors; imperial power represents the highest authority in feudal society. Throughout history, struggles for imperial power, power struggles between emperors and empresses, conflicts between father and son, brothers, sisters, and between the ruler and the officials have unfolded. Mutual comparison, rivalry, exclusion, competition, and even mutual slaughter have taken place in the lives of the court, performing a series of palace secrets and strange tales. Some of these stories were adapted into operas. How was the historical reality of the Qing court? What was the life of the emperor in the palace? And what were the truths behind those court mysteries?—This book will tell you the stories of the Liao, Xia, Jin, and Yuan court. This book mainly introduces the history of the minority tribes in northern China who lived by nomadic and hunting, under the leadership of their outstanding leaders, stepping out of the grasslands and forests, galloping across the borders, and using their wisdom and courage to establish their own countries.