Expert in Literature and History

We’ve been talking all this time about the rights and wrongs, the truths and falsehoods of ancient times. I wonder if you’ve noticed that the chronicles painstakingly written by historians, who poured their hearts into their work, scribbling away without eating or sleeping and staying up night after night, can sometimes be no match for the stories passed down by word of mouth: tales Grandma Wang and Grandpa Li from the neighborhood told the children after a few drinks. Take the Generals of the Yang Family, Prince of Lanling, Ao Bai, and Yelu Hongji, for instance. So many celebrated heroes and famed generals from history have been turned upside down! A historian’s pen can’t compete with a storyteller’s tongue!