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Introduction: This article traces the anti‑Qin uprising after Chen Sheng. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu rallied the “Eight Thousand Sons of Wu.” Liu Bang emerged as a rebel leader, joined by Zhang Liang. They restored King Huai II of Chu to unify forces. Though Xiang Liang fell, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang rose to…
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Following the brutal purge of Dong Cheng and his co-conspirators in the “Girdle Edict” plot, Cao Cao’s grip on the Han court tightened with terrifying finality. As depicted in Chapter 24 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms—and corroborated in spirit, if not in full detail, by historical sources like the Book of the Later…