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Legitimacy is granted, then taken

This lesson plays out across 1 chapter of the chronicle. Read where it was learned — and what it cost.

• The Partition of Jin
  Warring States · 403 – 369 BC

  Thirty-five years that end one era and begin another. Zhibo's greed, Yu Rang's loyalty, Marquis Wen's meritocracy, the slow rot of Jin.