The Elegant Life of Literati in the Tang and Song Dynasties
by Lu Jianrong
About This Novel
The Tang and Song Dynasties were the pinnacle of social and cultural development in ancient China, in which the scholar group played a key leading role. In terms of leisure life, most of them live in exquisite gardens; banquets to bid farewell and drinking and composing poems are the basic leisure activities for officials' daily entertainment - which makes Chinese restaurants 800 years earlier than their Western counterparts; among the high-ranking officials, there are even more "elegant" people who spend a lot of money to pursue the best peonies. What is the deep meaning and life trajectory behind this elegant life? The author uses a new perspective, starting from the literary masterpieces of Tang and Song dynasties, to decipher the hidden meanings behind the food, drink and fun of scholars in Tang and Song Dynasties, opening up a new landscape of historical and cultural research.
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