Must-Read Classic Classics: Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

"The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is a historical romance novel that is loved by the masses. "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" takes the historical events of the Sui and Tang Dynasties as the main line, collects a large number of unofficial legends that were circulated in the world at that time, and compiles it into a large-scale historical romance novel with many characters, covering the rise and fall of the Sui and Tang dynasties. The historical story told in the book begins with Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty destroying the Chen Dynasty and ends with Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty pacifying the Anshi Rebellion. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty returned to Chang'an from Shu and died in west Nei. From the perspective of the structure of the book, it mainly narrates three aspects of the story: first, the heroic legend of Qin Qiong, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Luo Cheng and others who rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and prospered the Tang Dynasty when heroes gathered together at the end of the Sui Dynasty; The third is the story of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin's recruitment of anti-Sui heroes, the Xuanwumen murdering his brother to seize power, creating the martial arts and culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty (interspersed with Wu Ze's great reform of the Yuan Dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor), and the tragic ending of Tang Xuanzong's doting on Yang Guifei, which led to the Anshi Rebellion.