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People who shaped China. Book one : stories from the history of the Middle Kingdom
Title:
People who shaped China. Book one : stories from the history of the Middle Kingdom

Stories from the history of the Middle Kingdom
Author:
Liao, Xiao, author.
ISBN:
9789881234971

9789881234988
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Publication Information:
[United States?] : New Epoch Weekly, [2018]
Physical Description:
233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
"To understand the Chinese, we must understand Chinese culture. To understand Chinese culture, we must understand Chinese history. People and events of the distant past fill the memories of the Chinese people. In this volume are the stories of those who created Chinese civilization and culture, and whose influence continues to shape the people living in China today."--Page 4 of cover.
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