Autumn of the Fourth Year of Qingli
by Xia Jianyong
About This Novel
Xia Jianyong, the winner of the first Lu Xun Literature Award, has been deeply engaged in the history of the Song Dynasty for more than ten years. This is a new masterpiece; it reproduces the ups and downs of the officialdom and penetrates into the subtleties of the world. The brushwork is delicate and the texture is clear, comparable to the text version of "Qingming Festival" "Along the River"; a microcosm of the Northern Song Dynasty, a footnote of the scholar's spirit, a panoramic presentation - political economy/military diplomacy/palace and market, group portrait description, a brand new masterpiece of the "Song History Trilogy" after "The Twelve Years of Shaoxing". A small dinner party to honor the gods caused an uproar in the court. The background was the Qingli New Deal in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. The work shows the broad aspects of life from the palace to the market, including politics, society, military, and diplomacy, which are intricate and thrilling; changes, power struggles, conspiracies, and man-made disasters are all thrilling. The twists and turns of the imperial court's new policies are placed in the description of daily life. It has both a detailed and subtle insight into human affairs and a macroscopic grasp of the general trend of the world. It is full of interest and thought-provoking reading.
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