About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: People from Baoding, Liu Bei, Guo Jingjing, Sun Lu-t'ang, Xie Jun, Zhou Xuechang, Liang Tsai-Ping, Dingzhou, Wang Kun, Fan Ye, Lang Zheng, Chang Tung Sheng, Zhuozhou, Michael Fu Tieshan, Shi Zongyuan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding, Shang Zhen, Shi Dongpeng, Qian Hong, Dingxing County, Pang Wei, Sun Yue, Yi County, Hebei, Quyang County, Ren Jie, Anguo, Niu Jianfeng, Tang County, Mancheng County, Laiyuan County, Laishui County, Qingyuan County, Hebei, Gaoyang County, Fuping County, Hebei, Li County, Hebei, Donkey Burger, Xushui County, Shunping County, Rongcheng County, Anxin County, Xiong County, Boye County, Wangdu County, Guo Lei, Tongkou, Anzhou. Excerpt: Liu Bei (161 - 21 June 223) was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. Despite having a later start than his rivals and lacking both the material resources and social status they commanded, Liu overcame his many defeats to carve out his own realm, which at its peak spanned modern day Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, part of Hubei and part of Gansu. Culturally, due to the popularity of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Liu is widely known as the ideal benevolent, humane ruler who cared for his people and selected good advisors for his government. His fictional character was a salutary example of a ruler who adhered to the Confucian set of moral values, such as loyalty and compassion. Historically, Liu was a brilliant politician and leader whose skill was a remarkable demonstration of a Legalist. His political philosophy can best be described by the Chinese idiom "Confucian in appearance but Legalist in substance (Chinese: pinyin: ru bi o f l )," a style of governing which had become the norm after the founding of the Han Dynasty. According to the Re...
