From Tang Poetry to History
by Ning Xin
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"The wine is fresh at the bridge of Weicheng, who will stay with the golden saddle and white horse." From the wild and unruly young man in Wuling to the evil young man in the city who is not afraid of gods and ghosts, what kind of ups and downs has the young man in Kyoto experienced with the changes in society and the rise and fall of Chang'an City? "The article has become popular, and once I miss you, I feel sad." Most of Bai Juyi's poems are allegorical about current ills. Why did his death cause Emperor Xuanzong to be so sad? What kind of political and social atmosphere does it reflect in the Tang Dynasty? ... Use poetry as a medium to briefly read the history of the Tang Dynasty; feel the vividness of history and see the twenty-nine aspects of the Tang Dynasty. Ning Xin, a famous scholar of Tang history, based on many years of teaching experience, starting from Tang poetry, and using easy-to-understand language, gave an in-depth and easy-to-understand account of the Tang Dynasty's official system, imperial examinations, urban landscape, cultural life, transportation, tax system, and even social structural changes, ethnic exchanges and integration, etc.
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