A Precarious Succession: From Later Zhou to Early Song The collapse of the Later Tang dynasty (923-936) had served as […]
The Cycle of Rebellion: From Guo Wei to Zhao Kuangyin In 951 CE, General Guo Wei of the Later Zhou […]
A Monarch’s Unusual Examination In the second year of the Xiande era (955 CE), Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou […]
The Shattered Empire: Post-Tang Collapse When the mighty Tang Dynasty crumbled after the catastrophic Huang Chao Rebellion (875–884), China fractured […]
The Collapse of Central Authority The Huang Chao Rebellion (875–884 CE) marked the beginning of the end for the Tang […]
A Fateful Morning in Chang’an On the early morning of June 3, 815 CE, during the Yuanhe era of Emperor […]
The Collapse of Tong Pass and Imperial Panic When news of Tong Pass’s fall reached Chang’an on the same day, […]
The An Lushan Rebellion: A Crisis That Shook the Tang Empire In the mid-8th century, the Tang Dynasty faced its […]
The Powder Keg of 755: Tensions in Chang’an In the year 755 CE, a covert operation unfolded in the Tang […]
The Tang Dynasty’s Risky Fiscal Experiment The Tang Dynasty inherited and expanded upon the military institutions of the Sui Dynasty […]
The Road to Unification: Tang’s Campaign Against Wang Shichong In June 620 CE, the Tang Dynasty launched its long-delayed campaign […]
The Fractured Empire: China After the Fall of the Sui When Li Yuan (later Emperor Gaozu of Tang) seized the […]
The Rise of the Sui: A Unified Empire’s Bold Vision The Sui Dynasty (581–618 CE) emerged from centuries of division […]
The Last Pillar of Northern Qi In the year 572 CE, during the Wuping era of Northern Qi, a conspiracy […]
A Strategic Crossroads in the Fen River Valley Nestled on the northern banks of the Fen River in modern Shanxi […]
The Crossroads of an Empire: Northern Wei in the Late 5th Century In 493 CE, the Northern Wei Dynasty stood […]
The Twilight Peace of Emperor Wu of Liang In the year 548 CE, during the Taiqing era of the Liang […]
The Birth of the Liu Song Dynasty In the year 420 CE, a seismic shift occurred in Chinese history when […]
The Fractured Landscape of Eastern Jin Dynasty During the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317–420 CE), China’s political center of gravity had […]
The Turbulent World of Eastern Jin The Eastern Jin Dynasty (317–420 CE) was a period of fragmentation and survival. After […]
The Strategic Divide: North vs. South China’s military history has long been dictated by geography, but the patterns of warfare […]
The Ascent of a Military Strongman In the turbulent final decades of the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420 CE), one figure […]
