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Liu Qi, as the eldest son of Liu Biao, was the legitimate heir to Jing Province. Why did not he join forces with Liu Bei to reclaim the governorship from Liu Cong amid the chaos?
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Chapter 40 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicts a moment of profound crisis and moral clarity. With Liu Biao’s death, the fate of Jing Province, one of the last great strongholds of the crumbling Han dynasty, hangs in the balance. What follows is a chain of betrayal, strategic brilliance, and unwavering compassion: Cai…
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In the turbulent final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, Liu Qi, eldest son of Jingzhou governor Liu Biao, found himself trapped in a deadly succession struggle orchestrated by his stepmother’s powerful clan.
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Liu Bei is not the most brilliant strategist, nor the fiercest warrior, nor the most cunning politician of the Three Kingdoms. Yet across centuries – through both historical records like Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) and the romanticized drama of Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms – he remains the…