In
the beginning of Cathay, there were Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, then
the Warring States when there were separatist warlords fighting each
other for the throne. The State Qin defeated the other six states and
united the whole country. Though there were only three households left,
the State Chu defeated State Qin in the end. The Conqueror Xiang Yu
emerged as the times required, who had destructed the State Qin in a
finger fillip. The Emperor Liu Bang in red, who turned himself from an
nobody into a son of Heaven. This set of playing cards is the first set
in the series "Five Thousand Years in China --- A Collection of
Paintings by Chinese Emperors of Various Dynasties", which covers a time
span of about 2400 years, emperors from Xia, Shang, Zhou, Warring
States in Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Han dynasties are selected
for the collection.
