I like medieval stuff but I've nearly learned everything I care about in Europe. I want to get started on China, but I don't have the cultural background to dive in to anything detailed, I'd just get lost in a sea of missing context.
This is exactly what pop historians are for, but 80% of them just make shit up, so I need a recommendation.
The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Book of Han, The Records of the Three Kingdoms, The Shitong, and Selections from Records of the Historian.
yes they are fun and accurate. :huh:
The Annals can be a bit dry unless you're the sort of person who reads the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and Nennius for fun :side-eye-1: