Emperors, Civil Servants and Generals of the Song Dynasty (History Told by Historians)
by Wang Ruilai
About This Novel
This book contains old and new works by Mr. Wang Ruilai, an expert on Song history. There are 12 articles in total, all focusing on one theme, namely, the politics of scholar-bureaucrats and imperial power, covering the two Song Dynasties. As the title of the book "Emperors, Civil Service Officials and Military Generals of the Song Dynasty" shows, the emperor wrote about Taizu and Taizong, the founders of the Song Dynasty, and also conducted a special investigation on the "Candle Shadow and Ax Sound" incident, which can be called an eternal mystery; the civil servants wrote about Zhong Yan, a model for scholar-bureaucrats, Zhao Yan, the "Iron-faced Censor", and "Taiping". Prime Minister Zhou Bida; military generals wrote about the Song Dynasty surrender general Wang Jizhong who promoted the "Chanyuan Alliance" behind the scenes and the famous anti-Jin general Yue Fei; the last article wrote about Huang Gongwang, a literati painter who entered the Yuan Dynasty from the Song Dynasty and was famous for his "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". It can be said that this book discusses many major events in the history of the Song Dynasty.
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