Great Tang: A Dream of Chang'an, Three Hundred Years Gone

During the Qianlong era, at the Yuewei Thatched Cottage.

A young man comes calling late at night.

"Mr. Ji, are you still collecting stories?"

Ji Xiaolan replies with interest, "Please, young sir, go ahead. Who is the story about?"

"He has seen the nations unite to paint the splendor of the Zhenguan era, and Chang'an beneath the heavens' boundless expanse."

"He was friends with sages, immortals, and Buddhas alike, and with Taibai he wrote of all that was elegant and free."

"He also campaigned against Goguryeo and put down the An Lushan Rebellion, following the ancients' example: able to write with a brush and wield a spear."

"This is a story about Chang'an, yet it is called Longevity."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.