Pauper's Guide to Two Millennia of China

She witnessed the Battle of Changping, where hundreds of thousands were buried alive. She led the iron cavalry of Great Qin, contending for supremacy against the Six  Kingdoms. She saw the land split into three, rivers and mountains shattered — and heard the serene melody of a qin from Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she drank the night away. And that legendary empress — how did her splendor unfold? She once rode in fine garments on spirited  steeds, and once stood with a feathered fan and silk headband. She was a humble farmer, and a village schoolteacher. Yet no one knows that this person has lived for two thousand years.