Detail: Goddess Athena

Behind Goddess Athena and tending to one of the loosened horses is the Daoist sage-philosopher, doing his work under, so to speak, Goddess Athena's patronage.

Beautiful Goddess Athena

Detail: At the balcony

The King of the kingdom Qin at the balcony of his palace, with entourage.

Detail: Hostages from Kingdom Chu

Kingdom Chu was the largest of the 7 major mutually competing kingdoms during the Warring States Period. At this late stage of the game however, it was progressively losing lands to the Qin Kingdom in the north. It sent its royal members to Qin as hostages for peace-keeping purposes. Here some of them are seen standing in front of Qin's Hsien-Yan Palace observing the wonder of Goddess Athena, while a Qin official aimed his mechanical arrow at the Goddess.

Detail: Inscription in Classical Chinese