The final volume of the three-volume “Ancient China” is dedicated to the last period of the Zhou dynasty, the so-called Zhanguo (“Warring States”) era. It tells about the political history of this time (V-III centuries BC), about the art of diplomacy, about the reforms that contributed to the strengthening of the previously backward kingdom of Qin, which, having defeated its rivals, founded the first empire in the history of China. The volume focuses primarily on changes in the character and appearance of ancient Chinese society, primarily the process of its radical defeodalization, as well as the development of the main schools of ancient Chinese thought, which, especially Confucianism, formed the basis for the successful development of Chinese civilization up to the present day.