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Humanities TV Gogyeong Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of the Xiongnu, Part 2: The Emergence of Modun and the War with the Han Dynasty Last time, we talked about the origins of the Xiongnu, an ancient northern nomadic people, and the story of the Xiongnu from the ancient Chinese dynasty of Xia Yinzhou to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period to the unified Qin Dynasty. This time, I will talk about the relationship between the Han and the Xiongnu after the fall of the Qin Dynasty and the victory of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in the battle. At this point, the most powerful person in the Xiongnu was Shanyu Modun. Let's start the story of the Xiongnu with Modun as the center. Main contents of this story -- Table of contents -- The emergence of Modun, the son of Shanyu Duman The conflict between Modun and Donghu The status of the Xiongnu Organizational structure and scale The customs and punishments of the Xiongnu The showdown between Liu Bang and Modun (Battle of Baekdeng Mountain) The situation of the Han Dynasty, which made a humiliating peace with the Xiongnu, and the betrayal of its subjects #Xiongnu #Modol #Liu Bang