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The road to the throne : how Liu Bang founded China's Han dynasty / Hing Ming Hung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hung, Hing Ming.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- China.
- China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
- Han Gaozu, Emperor of China, 247 B.C.-195 B.C.
- Han Gaozu.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The stories of the Chinese great emperors reflect the ancient Chinese philosophy, ideology, their wisdom and their ways of administration. Liu Bang is an outstanding example. Rising from a peasant background to become Emperor, he founded the Han Dynasty which lasted for about four hundred years and essentially laid the foundations of China as we know it.
- Contents:
- Introduction; Chapter 1: The Background; Chapter 2: The Great Uprisings against the Qin Dynasty; Chapter 3: The Common Effort to Overthrow the Qin Dynasty; Chapter 4: The Struggle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu; Chapter 5: The Founding of the Han Dynasty; Chapter 6: Members of the Lü Family Conspire to Usurp the Throne and Liu Heng Ascends to the Throne of the Han Dynasty
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-87586-839-8
- OCLC:
- 714569702
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