The Gathering Storm: Qi’s Precarious Position In the chaotic aftermath of the disastrous He Wai campaign, the fragile alliance between […]
The Sacred Land of Mei County On a crisp autumn night, the thin crescent moon cast a pale glow over […]
The Strategic Importance of Hangu Pass Hangu Pass stood as the impregnable western gateway to the Qin state, a natural […]
The Setting: A Fragile Alliance Against Qin The late Warring States period (475–221 BCE) was marked by shifting alliances and […]
A City on the Brink The news struck Xianyang like a thunderbolt. For the first time in its history as […]
The Gathering Storm: Origins of the Coalition In the waning days of summer, as the harvest ended, the plains beyond […]
The Volatile King and His Grand Ambition In the spring of 286 BCE, King Min of Qi paced anxiously along […]
The Strategic Chessboard of the Warring States The mid-Warring States period (475-221 BCE) witnessed an intricate dance of diplomacy and […]
The Rise of an Extraordinary Mind In the waning years of the Warring States period, as the once-mighty Qi Kingdom […]
The Divine Prophecy That Shaped a Kingdom In the early years of King Xuan of Qi’s reign, an extraordinary omen […]
The Distinctive Civilization of Qi The state of Qi stood apart from the Central Plains states in both culture and […]
The Turbulent Aftermath of King Wu’s Death The sudden death of Qin’s King Wu (Ying Dang) in 307 BCE plunged […]
The Turbulent Backdrop of Warring States Alliances The vast grasslands of the western plateau witnessed a crucial moment in Warring […]
A Kingdom in Silent Crisis In the tense summer of 310 BCE, the Qin capital Xianyang lay eerily quiet—too quiet […]
The Weight of the Tiger Tally In the turbulent Warring States period, the Qin military operated under an intricate system […]
The Death of a Warrior King and a Looming Crisis The bustling capital of Xianyang fell into uneasy silence as […]
The Precarious Throne: Qin on the Brink In 307 BCE, the mighty Qin state stood at a crossroads. King Wu […]
The Gathering Storm in Yan In the waning days of spring, the Yan Mountains remained stubbornly cold and dry. Winds […]
The Rise of Qin and the Decline of Zhou In the spring sunlight, the palace complex of Luoyang, capital of […]
The Ascent of a Warrior King The story begins with the sudden death of King Huiwen of Qin in 311 […]
The Ambitious Prelude: Qin’s Drive Toward the East In the spring of 307 BCE, King Wu of Qin, Ying Dang, […]
The Shadow of Death Over the Kingdom On the day known as “Winds’ Arrival” in the Qi calendar, two mysterious […]
