The Ancient Foundations: Well-Field System and Slavery For nearly three millennia, from the legendary Yu the Great to the Warring […]
The Gathering Storm in Yueyang On that fateful evening when darkness draped Yueyang, the capital of Qin stood at a […]
The Powder Keg of Pre-Reform Qin In 359 BCE, the state of Qin stood at a crossroads. The western frontier […]
The Agricultural Frenzy and Social Tensions of Ancient Qin Each May, the fertile plains along the Wei River transformed into […]
The Wild West of Ancient China: Qin’s Untamed Frontier Culture Like lightning striking the castle towns and countryside, Shang Yang’s […]
The Backdrop of a Backward Kingdom In the turbulent Warring States period (475–221 BCE), the state of Qin was a […]
The Backdrop: A Kingdom in Need of Reform In the early Warring States period (475–221 BCE), the state of Qin […]
The Gathering Storm: Qin on the Eve of Change In the spring of 359 BCE, as the frost of winter […]
The Gathering Storm in Yueyang In the winter of 361 BCE, whispers raced through Yueyang’s aristocratic circles like wildfire: Duke […]
The Funeral That Set the Stage On the 20th day of the tenth lunar month, the city of Yueyang witnessed […]
A Ruler’s Dawn Ritual and Growing Frustration Duke Xiao of Qin rose before daybreak, his morning routine unchanged – sword […]
The Journey of a Reformer In late September, Wei Yang returned to Yueyang after three months of traversing the rugged […]
The Desperate State of Qin and Its Unlikely Savior In the waning years of the Warring States period, the western […]
The Origins of a Visionary Reformer Shang Yang, born into the minor state of Wei, was a man shaped by […]
The Mighty Yellow River and Its Legendary Pass Before the sun rose, the vast mountains and plains along the great […]
The Gathering Storm in Warring States Wei In the dead of night at the Gongsun family mausoleum, a solitary stone […]
The Shadowy World of Warring States Intrigue In the turbulent era of the Warring States period (475-221 BCE), when seven […]
The Decline of Zheng and the Rise of Han The ancient city of Xinzheng, nestled along the northern banks of […]
The Intriguing World of Warring States Politics The late 4th century BCE was a period of extraordinary intellectual ferment and […]
A Kingdom on the Brink The winter sun cast its first golden rays upon the snow-covered fields surrounding the ancient […]
The Brink of Collapse: Qin’s Desperate Hour In the tumultuous era of the Warring States, the state of Qin teetered […]
The Gathering Storm: Six-State Alliance Against Qin In the turbulent Warring States period, a pivotal moment unfolded as six powerful […]
