Summary and Comments on "History of China 03: The Legacy of the First Emperor: The Qin-Han Empire" - Recommended for learning about the birth of the Chinese emperors and their historical background.
I would like to introduce "History of the Country 03: The Legacy of the First Emperor, the Qin-Han Empire" by Kazuyuki Tsuruma, published by Kodansha in 2004.
Let's take a quick look at the book.
A glamorous history of ancient China woven by the dreams and ambitions of heroes and beautiful princesses
The blinding Terracotta Warriors and Horses. The clash of Nippu vs. Liu Bang.The unimaginable ambitions of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who even after his death, still tried to reign over an underground empire. Beginning with Liu Bang, the great Han Empire ruled the Central Plains for 440 years, interspersed with the rebellion of Wang Zhao. Ancient China, with its checkered history and deep shadows, is a land of fierce heroes and heroic heroes, and beautiful queens with bewitching smiles.
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previous workHistory of China 02: From City-States to China, Shang, Zhou, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.In the previous section, we looked at the period leading up to the birth of Qin Shi Huangdi, and now the flowery stage of Chinese history is finally beginning.
In this book, you will learn about the history of Qin, where the First Emperor was born, and the Han and Later Han dynasties, which also appear to have connections with Japanese history.
Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, seems to have become especially prominent in recent years due to the popular manga "Kingdom. Since I had also read "Kingdom," I was very interested in what kind of country he established and what kind of ruling system he adopted. I was also surprised to learn that the Qin Dynasty was destroyed in less than 20 years.
The country of Han, which came into being after that, is, after all, the golden seal of "the King of the Han Commissioners of the Kingdom of China". I still remember memorizing it in elementary school with the phrase, "The Golden Seal of Konagona for 57 years.
However, although I had strong memories of this gold seal, I honestly had little idea of when the Han Dynasty was born and how it prospered.
I chose Japanese history in high school, so I am not particularly familiar with this area. So this book was a very stimulating read for me to learn about the history of the Han Dynasty in detail again.
And next to this Han Dynasty comes the era of that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I remember that I used to devour the manga of Mr. Mitsuteru Yokoyama.
In this book, you can learn the background of the prehistory of the Three Kingdoms Period. It is precisely because of the existence of the Qin and Han dynasties that the epic battle to unify all of China took on a realistic form.
I was also pleased to learn about how history has been compiled in China. It is often said that the First Emperor was a "burning books and burying Confucian scholars," and I appreciated learning the background of this discourse.
This book is also a great insight into "what is history?"
Why not pick one up?
This is "History of China 03: The Legacy of the First Emperor, The Qin-Han Empire" - recommended for learning about the birth of the Chinese emperors and their historical background.
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