Or if you have a special feeling about one of them, you can write it out and sort out the main information of history according to the chronology of major events.
Classic historical stories
On paper, during the Warring States period, Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, a famous Warring States soldier, read The Art of War and was able to talk about the way of fighting. Even his father can't beat him. He thinks he is invincible. Zhao She thinks that he is an armchair strategist and doesn't understand traffic. Later, when Zhao She died, Zhao Kuo took Lian Po's place. Lin Xiangru and others strongly opposed it. Zhao Wang insisted that Zhao Kuo lost 400,000 troops in the battle of Changping.
During the Warring States Period, Qin Chu fought frequently, and the vassal states regarded interests as the most important, sometimes helping the Qin State and sometimes dealing with the Chu State. Therefore, an idiom has been formed to describe the vacillating and capricious attitudes of various groups and figures in the situation that the powers compete for spheres of influence.
In 227 BC, Prince Dan of Yan sent Jing Ke to the State of Qin to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, and staged a tragic scene. When Jing Ke bid farewell to Taizi Dan, he sang loudly, the wind was rustling and the water was cold, and the strong man was gone forever. In the state of Qin, Jing Ke paid off the minions of the king of Qin to see him with a large sum of money.
Jing Ke pretended to present a map of Du Kang to Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. When Ying Zheng opened the map, Jing Ke grabbed the dagger on the map and stabbed the king of Qin. The king of Qin was frightened and suddenly broke free. Jing Ke was killed by the warriors of Qin.
1. The books recommended by Dong of New Oriental include Time Travel, Xu Yuanchong: Beautiful Poems of Tang and Song Dynasties and Dongpo Biography.