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Sons of Heaven: Stories of Chinese Emperors Through the Ages (Insights into Chinese History) by Qinhua Cheng; 程钦华 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sons of Heaven: Stories of Chinese Emperors Through the Ages (Insights into Chinese History) about?

The change of dynasties and the rise and fall of emperors has rendered several thousand years of Chinese history with intriguing mysteries and captivating stories. Over two thousand years from the inaguration of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC to the abdication of Emperor Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, altogether 406 emperors occupied the throne in China. This book presents stories about dozens of emperors, inning with the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty and ending with the Qing rulers who were most typical among the people called emperors in Chinese history. Based on historical writings, these stories present realistic and true pictures of the emperors, in the hope hat they will shed light on the history and culture of China. Illustrations in the book offer readers a more direct way of meeting the most powerful and influential Chinese emperors.

Author

Qinhua Cheng; 程钦华

Publisher

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9787119020471