A Brilliant but Bitter Scholar in Turbulent Times Mi Heng, a native of Dezhou in Shandong (later famous for its […]
The Fragmented Empire: Setting the Stage The late Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE) was a period of political disintegration and […]
The Collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty The Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE) was in its death throes by the […]
The Perilous Struggle for Yan Province In the year 195 AD, the warlord Cao Cao found himself at a critical […]
The Rise of Two Formidable Warlords The late Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 CE) witnessed the fragmentation of imperial authority, giving […]
The Rise of Cao Cao and the Seeds of Rebellion In the turbulent final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty […]
The Fracturing of the Han Dynasty As the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE) entered its twilight years, central authority crumbled […]
The Smoldering Embers of Rebellion Though the main Yellow Turban forces had been crushed a decade earlier, the rebellion persisted […]
The Chaos of a Fractured Empire The late Eastern Han Dynasty (c. 184–220 CE) was a period of disintegration, where […]
The Fragile Alliance Against Dong Zhuo In the turbulent year of 190 CE, as winter thawed across northern China, the […]
The Gathering Storm in Chenliu The year was 189 AD, and the Han Dynasty stood at a precipice. The capital […]
The Early Career of a Maverick Official In 184 CE, a 30-year-old Cao Cao arrived in Jinan to assume the […]
The Crumbling Foundations of the Eastern Han Dynasty By the reign of Emperor Ling (Liu Hong) in the late 2nd […]
A Controversial Beginning: The Filial and Incorrupt Recommendation In 174 CE, a 19-year-old Cao Cao received the prestigious “Filial and […]
The Unlikely Beginnings of a Future Warlord In the year 155 AD, during the twilight years of the Eastern Han […]
The Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) stands as one of history’s most remarkable yet short-lived empires. Under the rule of Qin […]
The Precarious Throne: Qin’s Fragile Foundation When Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang), China’s first emperor, was entombed in his monumental […]
The Final Journey of China’s First Emperor In the scorching summer of 210 BCE, the imperial procession of Qin Shi […]
The Rise of Li Si and the Qin Empire Li Si, once a minor official from the state of Chu, […]
The Emperor’s Last Procession In the scorching summer of 210 BCE, Qin Shi Huang—China’s first emperor and the unifier of […]
The Emperor’s Unusual Pilgrimage In the final year of his life, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China, embarked […]
The Celestial Warning Over Qin’s Eastern Commandery In the waning years of the Qin Empire, a meteorite burned relentlessly over […]
