Pangu : creator of the universe -- Nü Wa : birth of mankind -- The Yellow Emperor : civilzation begins -- Emperor Yao :the sage king -- Emperor Shun : filial and humane -- Yu the Great : controlling the Great Flood -- King Wen of Zhou : the mandate of heaven -- Jiang Ziya : fishing for a king -- King You of Zhou : the laughter of a beauty brings a kingdom to ruin -- Lao Zi : the Old Master of Taoism -- Confucius : China's greatest teacher -- Guan Zhong and Duke Huan : 'honor the kng, expel the barbarians' -- Wu Zixu : revenge and justice -- King Goujian of Yue : the triumph of a defeated kingdom -- Mo Zi : strong defense, universal love -- Sun Zi and Sun Bin : the art of war -- Qu Yuan : when wise words fell on deaf ears -- Shang Yang : equal before the law -- Ying Zheng : king of Qin -- Qin Shi Huang : the first emperor -- Liu Bang : destined for greatness -- Han Xin : pillar of the nation -- Xiang Yu : the hegemon king -- Emperor Wu of Yao : the emperor of war -- Siu Wu and Zhang Qian : explorers of the Han -- Wang Zhaojun : the beauty who brought peace -- Chen Tang : the Han Dynasty's Wild West -- Wang Mang : a tongue that tricked the empire with sweet lies -- Liu Xiu : the empire reborn -- Zhang Daoling : the heavenly master -- Lü Bu : divided we fall -- Cao Cao : the mightiest warlord -- Liu Bei : heroes of the Three Kingdoms -- Zhuge Liang : the sleeping dragon -- Sima Yi : the end of an era --- Hua Tuo : a doctor before his time -- Sima Zhong : China plunges into chaos -- Fu Jian : the battle that split China -- Timeline of events.