Shangming Zhaotang

In the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty, domineering warriors, arrogant eunuchs, and suffering families, let's see how the flowing emperor finds room for survival in this chaotic world. The writing style is ancient and has certain reading restrictions. It writes the true and profound history. I highly recommend it.

--89 points--History·Five Dynasties (This rating only represents an individual's comparative rating of this book among books in this category) (The scoring criteria for each category are different, depending on comparing the top works in that category) This book is a high-quality historical text for me. Food and grass +, just one line away from poison point to grass jelly. If the author could polish it a little more, it might be over the line. Compare the high-ranking books on the current history list: The Golden War and Iron Horse of the Shao and Song Dynasties, which makes people's hearts beat; my father, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was tender and affectionate, giving the cold historical figures a human body temperature; Fusheng in the late Tang Dynasty and the sword in the late Jin Dynasty pointed the country, turned the tide, and swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger. These advantages cannot be compared with this book. So why do I give him 89 points? Because I have a strong sense of immersion, when I read the History of the Five Dynasties, the back pages of the table of contents were densely packed with records of mutinies and the constant occurrence of mutinies, but I didn't feel anything about it. Great chaos, great darkness, six words to describe it, are limited to cold words. The description of darkness and chaos in this book really reminded me of the darkness and chaos when I first read the History of the Five Dynasties: Driving households to death, siege, mutiny, killing and looting, suspicion and precaution between Li Tang and his son. When reading this book, it seemed as if there were really big raindrops on my face in the dark rainy night, and the thunder fell, briefly illuminating everything in front of me, and I found the warrior killing in front of me. His neck was cold, the smell of rust and blood lingered in his nose, and he realized that the sword had been attached to his body. Warriors who were once loyal and protective of the enemy were able to rebel after gaining an army. The emperor's concubines and the emperor's ministers were slashed by swords, but only their corpses lay in the palace. The feeling of powerlessness that drives the people to death, the fear of being forced to rebel against the army, and the ruthlessness of his sons and concubines... This series is intertwined with the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Of course, there are still some poisonous aspects, such as many companion plots that make people very uncomfortable. Perhaps the protagonist went crazy after the mutiny at the beginning.

My personal top three historical novels of 2024. Traveling back to Zhaozong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, he saved the remaining Tang Dynasty through reforms and wars. A few interesting points: He has a very good understanding of the history of the late Tang Dynasty and can easily pick up the history and context of the major vassal towns. Most people really can't do it. The plot is very logical. The writing style is smooth and the imagery is strong. The group portraits of warriors in the late Tang Dynasty are well depicted: the following are subjugated to superiors, have no rules and regulations, and care about human life. The level of classical Chinese is very high. Disadvantages: There are too many historical figures, some of them are unclear, and the updates are slow. I forget the previous tasks after seeing the later ones. It's okay to have strange sexual fetishes, but in the later period, one of the female protagonists appeared too frequently, so she was deducted half a star. Updates are slow and often interrupted. 4.5 Stars.

It vividly and detailedly depicts the customs of the martial arts in the late Tang Dynasty. It has solid historical data and is worth recommending.