| |
| | China to the Fall of the Han Dynasty |
 | | Yuandi's son, Chengdi, became emperor in 32 BCE, at nineteen, and he also also had little enthusiasm for governing and was most concerned with personal pleasures, including visiting houses of prostitution at night. |
 | | Militarily, Wei was the strongest of militarily of the three kingdoms, a strength bolstered by its economy and water transport. |
 | | Then Wei's ruler was overthrown from within, one of his generals beginning a dynasty of his own, and, thirty-six years later, in 280, his offspring, Jin Wudi, overpowered and annexed the kingdom of Wu. |
| fsmitha.com /h1/ch14.htm (10412 words) |
|