I Am a Plagiarist in the Tang Dynasty

Modern novelist Taoyuan died suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrated into the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan era, becoming a destitute scholar who had collapsed from hunger on a street in Chang'an.

In an age of literary barrenness, when writing could hardly help a nation prosper, he recreated the opening of Romance of the Three Kingdoms from memory, causing a sensation in literary circles.

His manuscript was swindled away, nearly leaving him with nothing. Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, went incognito, read his work, and was astounded.

Granted an estate and welcomed into the imperial court, he used his writing to reshape the course of Tang civilization.

Dream of the Red Chamber won a princess's heart, while Journey to the West and Water Margin swept across the land.

He founded newspapers and academies, improved papermaking, and secretly devised gunpowder. He sought no power, yet held real influence.

With words, he secured the nation; a single character could make it prosper. Thus began the golden age of scholars.

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