A Romanticized History of the Tang Dynasty (2 Volumes)

The Romance of the Tang Dynasty is a historical novel in the chapter-and-verse style, comprising one hundred chapters. It recounts three hundred years of history: Li Yuan and his sons raising an army and entering Chang’an, the Tang dynasty unifying the realm, the Golden Age of Zhenguan, Wu Zetian replacing the Tang with the Zhou dynasty, the Kaiyuan Prosperity and the An Lushan Rebellion, as well as the eunuchs’ grip on power and the regional warlords’ stranglehold during the mid-Tang, the Huang Chao Rebellion, and the fall of the Tang dynasty.

This is the second volume of The Romance of the Tang Dynasty. It covers the history from “Chapter 51: Guo Ziyi Loses His Army at Tong Pass, Yang Guifei Meets Her End at Mawei” to “Chapter 100: Zhu Quanzhong Murders the Emperor, Emperor Zhaoxuan Brings the Tang Dynasty to an End.”