Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms

For five centuries, the great Zhou dynasty fractured into a battlefield of rival kingdoms—an era of brilliant strategists, treacherous ministers, doomed kings, and wars that shaped China forever.

This is one of the towering historical novels of Chinese literature. Written by Ming dynasty author Feng Menglong and later expanded by Cai Yuanfang, this 108-chapter masterwork spans from 770 to 256 BCE, weaving history, legend, and dramatic storytelling across the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States era.

Political intrigue, moral consequence, the rise of hegemons and the fall of tyrants - every chapter turns on the choices of kings and the counsel they heeded or ignored. This complete English translation opens the foundational epic of Chinese civilization to a new readership.

Rediscover the great epics, mysteries and chronicles of dynastic China: gods and generals, swindlers and scholars, courtesans, ghosts and emperors, in complete English translations.