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Episode 15, the partition of Jean.

Last time, we concluded the duo of Biographies with Sunzu and his art of war. Today we finally get into all the messy, complicated, and thoroughly enjoyable goings on of the Joe Empire as it devolves into the chaos of the waring states period.

I call it chaotic and messy because unlike every other major shift in political power up until

now, there's not one single event that heralds the start of the warring

states. The Shia were overthrown by the Shang, the Shang by the Joe, and the spring and Autumn was set off by the destruction of the Western Capitol and the Royal Family's flight eastward.

All and all, pretty straightforward so far.

In contrast, the transition from spring and autumn to the

warning states is not so clear-cut. To the point where in spite of a huge amount of

information, scholars still can't agree on quite

where to put the date that it happened.

Instead, the transition results from the culmination of many factors that had been collectively eating away at the Joe kingdom

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