The Legend of Mi Yue, first dowager empress of China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzz5GMJjtF0 https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%88%E6%9C%88%E4%BC%A0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Mi_Yue This is a stunningly beautiful, 81 episode series on the first dowager empress of China, who may have lived to be ninety years of age, and laid the foundations of the Qin Empire, the first united empire in Chinese history. It gives a perspective on the complex political situation leading up to the end of the period of Warring States, and the commencement of the Qin Dynasty, that, although short-lived, laid the foundations for over 2000 years of relatively stable imperial rule in China. What we see here is the Chinese obsession with political stability and unity, and its costs, and benefits, in personal terms, to the people of China, even at the highest levels. Well worth dipping into, I think!