Traveling Against the Tide

Name: Traveling Against the Tide
Author: Yu Chenxuan

by Yu Chenxuan

ongoing History Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties Male Lead

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About This Novel

When I was reading "History of the Song Dynasty" when I was young, I often felt that there were no heroes after Yue Fei. Even when I was studying the history of literature of the Tang and Song Dynasties in college, I still often closed my eyes and thought about Xin Qiji, who pioneered the bold and unrestrained style of Song poetry. For this reason, I searched for information at that time, but could not find a satisfactory answer. On the contrary, I collected a lot of historical materials, such as Li Quan, Li Haoyi, Yang Miaozhen, Gao Zhongjiao, Jin Zhangzong, etc. From the grassland, and then came up with the idea of writing a novel on this subject. In the following years, I used my spare time to write several times and revised the first draft several times. The reason why I didn't stick to it in the end, now that I think about it, is mainly because I was limited by my original view of historical themes. After the "Longxing Peace Conference" in the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court was in a state of decline. The system was riddled with defects, the moral conduct of the officials was not upright, and there were no heroes. There were really no characters to write about. Most of the above-mentioned characters were incompatible with the Song Dynasty, and they had already given up. Unexpectedly, some time ago, I accidentally saw some posts in an online forum, which regarded the Jin, Yuan, and even Qing dynasties, which were established by ethnic minorities in northern China and based on the integration of ethnic groups from the Central Plains, as non-ancient Chinese empires. Furthermore, this attracted many comments, and the debate was red-faced. I couldn't help but have the desire to combine entertainment with deliberation, so I decided to temporarily change the first three chapters of the originally completed novel "A Journey Against the Tide" into a novella and submit it to the Internet to join in the fun. At this point, the subject matter has broadened. Anyone who promotes the integration of the Chinese nation and the progress of civilization is not a hero! Why limit it to one dynasty, one place, one person, one thing in history? Why not continue this work?