A Fateful Night in Xianyang Under the cover of darkness, a black-sailed boat slipped away from Xianyang, traveling west against […]
The Tumultuous Prelude to Power In the ninth year of King Ying Zheng’s nominal reign (238 BCE), the Qin state […]
The Gathering Storm: Political Turmoil in Qin In the waning years of the Warring States period, the Qin state stood […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Political Landscape of Late Warring States Qin In the ninth year of his reign, as spring’s […]
The Shifting Power Dynamics in Qin In the waning years of the Warring States period, the state of Qin stood […]
A Kingdom in Flux: The Early Reign of Ying Zheng In 247 BCE, a thirteen-year-old boy ascended the throne of […]
The Rise of a Queen in Turbulent Times In the rugged northwest frontier of the Qin state, two ancient palaces […]
The Political Landscape of Late Warring States Qin In the turbulent final decades of China’s Warring States period (475-221 BCE), […]
The Historical Backdrop of Qin’s Capital Xianyang For over a century since its establishment, Xianyang—Qin’s imposing capital—had sprawled exclusively along […]
The Intellectual Oasis of Xunzi’s Lushan Academy In the waning years of the Warring States period, as political turmoil engulfed […]
The Wandering Scholar Who Shaped an Era On a sunlit morning in the rugged hills of Chu, an elderly man […]
The Journey Begins: A Scholar’s Pilgrimage The young Meng Tian had never known exhaustion like this before. After crossing the […]
A Kingdom Frozen in Uncertainty The winter of 247 BCE descended upon Qin with unnatural fury. Even before the heavy […]
The Ailing King and a Kingdom in Peril In the damp chill of late autumn, the Qin capital of Xianyang […]
The Unprecedented Royal Examination In the spring of ancient Qin, an extraordinary event unfolded in the capital of Xianyang—a public […]
A Kingdom in Peril: The Sudden Illness of King Ying Yiren In the early spring of 238 BCE, the Qin […]
The Weight of a Winter Mission As snow blanketed the roads outside Xianyang, the carriage of Wang Wan, a special […]
A Stunning Defeat Shakes the Qin Court The news of military defeat reached Xianyang like a thunderbolt, leaving the Qin […]
The Strategic Crossroads of Qin’s Expansion In the late Warring States period (circa 241 BCE), the Qin state stood at […]
The Gathering Storm: A Desperate Coalition In the autumn of the Warring States period, an unprecedented military maneuver unfolded as […]
The Decline of Chu and the Rise of Lord Chunshen For decades, the once-mighty state of Chu had languished in […]
The Perilous State of Zhao In the waning years of the Warring States period, the kingdom of Zhao stood at […]
