CHINA'S RIVER OF GOLD.

The article focuses on the excavations in Sichuan Province, of China revealing the lost treasure of a notorious seventeenth-century warlord, Zhang Xianzhong, who established a short-lived state and empire called the Daxi Kingdom. Topics include the historical context of political turmoil in seventeenth-century China, Zhang Xianzhong's rise to power, and the Battle of Jiangk.