Long ago, along a stretch of a river deep and wide but far away from the consciousness or imagination of anyone outside All under Heaven, a battle was fought that determined the fate of its people for the next four hundred years.
The Battle of Chibi vividly retells selections (translated by the author) from the great Chinese classic, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
This novel combines fascinating characters in action as well as ideas in conflict and battle scenes, deception, and earnest debate; there is even a marriage arranged for the purpose of entrapping of the Loyalist leader.
Table of Content
TABLE OF CONTENTSA Note on Reading this Book
Chinese Names and Spelling
Main Characters
Prologue
Part One: The End of the Han Dynasty
1: THE HAN DYNASTY DECAYS: REBELS
2: DYNASTIC DECAY: EUNUCHS
3: DYNASTIC DECAY: WARLORDS
4: SETBACKS
5: DEATH OF SUN JIAN
6: DEATH OF SUN CE
7: THE BATTLE OF GUANDU
8: LIKE FISH SEEKING WATER
9: LIMITED OBJECTIVES
10: JINGZHOU
11: CAO MARCHES SOUTHWARDS
Part Two: The Battle
12: DEBATE IN JIANGDONG
13: ZHOU YU PROVOKED
14: TESTING THE WATERS
15: BORROWING ARROWS
16: DECEPTION
17: NAVAL SKIRMISHES
18: WIND AND FIRE
19: HONOR AND MERCY
Part Three: The Aftermath
20: A BRIDE AS BAIT
21: LOVE AND WAR
22: THE TONGQIAO PALACE
23. FUNERAL ORATION
Suggestions for further reading
The Author
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Excerpt from The Chinese Spymaster
MAPS:
1. The Han Empire ca. 189 (de Crespiny)
2. Han dynastic decay: Warlords (de Crespiny)
3. The battle of Chibi (de Crespiny)
4. China under the Three Kingdoms (China History
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 330 ● ISBN 9780997306712 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Sleeping Dragon Books ● Published 2016 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5501385 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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