Popular Historical Romance: the Romance of Song Dynasty (Part 2)
by Cai Dongfan
About This Novel
This book comprehensively presents the history of the Song Dynasty for more than three hundred years, which is divided into two stages: the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. The work not only depicts major political and military events such as Song Taizu's drinking of wine to release military power, Wang Anshi's reform, and Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, but also shows the high economic and cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty (such as movable type printing, Song poetry, calligraphy and painting). The author's narrative is full of emotion. He not only praises the integrity of loyal ministers and righteous men such as Fan Zhongyan, Bao Zheng, Su Shi, and Wen Tianxiang, but also criticizes the imperial court's poverty and weakness, constant party disputes, and the humiliating national policy of seeking peace. It presents readers with a complex image of a dynasty that coexists with the prosperity of civilization and the weakness of martial arts, which is both admirable and regrettable. This is the middle volume.
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