Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Fan Chuo, Wang Pi, Li Mi, Princess Taiping, Qiu Shiliang, Zheng Zhu, Li Jingye, Wang Shuwen, Lai Junchen, An Qingxu, Yan Zhenqing, Princess Anle, Tutu Chengcui, Wang Shoucheng, Luo Binwang, Zhang Yizhi, Pei Yanling, Zhang Changzong, Yao Silian, Zhou Xing, Linghu Defen, Han Yu, Wei Quanfeng, Bai Juyi, Bojang of Goguryeo, Hou Sizhi, Chen Zi'ang, Du Mu, Li Shangyin, Wang Hongyi, Liang Lingzan, Chen Shen, Liu Zongyuan, Luo Yin, Ouyang Xun, Suo Yuanli, Wang Changling, Yeon Namsan, Liu Zhiji, Zhang Jianfeng, He Zhizhang, Liu Yuxi, Li Baiyao, Li Dashi, Zhang Zhenzhou. Excerpt: Li Mi ( ) (582-619), courtesy name Xuansui ( ), pseudonym Liu Zhiyuan ( ), was the leader of a rebel movement against the rule of the Chinese dynasty Sui Dynasty. He initially was the strategist of the Sui general Yang Xuangan, who rebelled against Emperor Yang of Sui in 613 but failed, and Li subsequently led a rebellion against Emperor Yang in his own right in 617, gaining so much following that there was much expectation that he soon would be able to prevail over Sui forces and establish a new dynasty -- so much so that even other key rebel leaders, including Dou Jiande, Meng Haigong ( ), Xu Yuanlang, and Zhu Can, were urging him to take imperial title. Even Li Yuan (the later Emperor Gaozu of Tang) was writing him in supplicating terms that implicitly supported his imperial claim. However, his army became stalemated with Sui forces near the Sui eastern capital Luoyang and was never able to capture Luoyang, and in 618, the Sui general Wang Shichong ambushed him and crushed his forces. He fled to Tang Dynasty territory and submitted to Emperor Gaozu, but subsequently rebelled against Tang and tried to revive his own army. The Tang general Sheng Yanshi ( ) captured and executed him. Li Mi came from a line that was part of the nobility during...