Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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The Virtuous Outsider in a Corrupt Clan Wang Zhengjun, Empress Dowager of the Western Han, had eight brothers. Her eldest, Wang Feng, rose to become Grand Marshal and Commander-in-Chief, wielding supreme power. His siblings and nephews grew notoriously arrogant and extravagant – except one. Wang Mang, son of the early-deceased Wang Man (her second…