The Wind Rises at the End of Han

In the final years of the Guanghe era, the Han dynasty's fortune was waning. The four-hundred-year-old foundation of the Han house was riddled with deep-seated maladies and rotten to the core. Emperor Ling neglected governance and indulged in pleasure, eunuchs disrupted the central court, and aristocratic clans dominated the court. The common people's livelihoods were in decline across the Central Plains, while border beacon fires never ceased. On the surface, the realm appeared peaceful, but beneath, the torrent of a chaotic era was already surging, waiting for the opportune moment to overturn mountains and rivers and sweep across the nine provinces. As the Han dynasty was about to fall, the hundred schools of thought were not yet extinct, and their cultural heritage endured. The true teachings of the various philosophers were scattered across the land, and talents from each school entered the world in turn, each upholding their own doctrines and vying for control of the realm. Confucians upheld ritual order, militarists secured borders, agriculturalists nourished the people, Mohists practiced chivalry, and physicians relieved suffering. The Daoists were divided into two sects: the Heavenly sect observed the cycle of heaven's way in stillness, while the Earthly sect entered the world to bring peace to the people. The Yin-Yang school observed celestial phenomena and deduced the rise and fall of worldly fortunes. The Strategists adhered to ancient traditions, with twin sons in separate bureaus, their disciples roaming the nine provinces, weaving a secret intelligence network and subtly shifting the course of the world. — Description from novelcodex.org