The Temple is High, the Rivers and Lakes Are Far Away: Looking at the Politics, Life and Culture of the Early Qing Dynasty Through Jin Yong's "the Deer and the Cauldron
by Guan Yanjie
About This Novel
The early Qing Dynasty was full of complex political struggles and beautiful youth. This unique style of the times is vividly expressed in "The Deer and the Cauldron". The emotional and flavorful descriptions are as if they were seen in person. All aspects of traditional Chinese life and classical culture are shown in the book, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, poetry and music, hundreds of schools of thought, and nine streams and three religions, almost everything is covered. The period from 1667 to 1689 was in the first half of Kangxi's reign and was also the peak of the military and political ambitions of the rulers of the early Qing Dynasty. In this book, the author uses "Wei Xiaobao's perspective and experience" in "The Deer and the Cauldron" to analyze, examine and restore as much as possible the real historical politics, social life and cultural conditions of this period.
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