"Spring of the fourth year of Qingli" is the immortal time fixed in the first sentence of Fan Zhongyan's eternal classic "The Story of Yueyang Tower". During the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, in this seemingly short time axis, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shunqin, Teng Zijing... How many stories and literary talents have been recorded in history? Xia Jianyong goes from spring to autumn, discusses the past from the present, and looks at the present from the past. He uses novel writing style, small talk and great meaning, and opens and closes vertically and horizontally in the folds of history, excavating rich humanistic significance. "Autumn of the Fourth Year of Qingli" is the second part of Xia Jianyong's "Song History Trilogy". A small dinner party to honor the gods caused an uproar in the court. The background was the Qingli New Deal in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. The work shows the broad aspects of life from the court of the Northern Song Dynasty to the common people in the city, including politics, society, military diplomacy, and the intricacies of government affairs; power struggles for reform, conspiracies and man-made disasters, and the undercurrents are surging and thrilling. The twists and turns of the new policies of the imperial court are placed in the depiction of daily life. It not only contains detailed insights into human affairs, the publicity of the spirit of the broad-minded Qingyuan scholars, but also has a macroscopic grasp of the general trend of the world. It is thought-provoking to read.
Reader comments
This book tells the historical story of Song Renzong's Qingli four years in a novel style, making me feel like I have traveled back to that era. The ups and downs of the characters in the book reminded me of my own process of working hard for my dreams, and also made me cherish my current life even more. I will recommend this book to my friends so that they can also draw wisdom and strength from history.
It is interesting to describe a time slice in the long history to understand different authors' understanding and imagination of the historical data from different angles.
This book tells the historical story of Song Renzong's Qingli four years in a novel style, making me feel like I have traveled back to that era. The ups and downs of the characters in the book reminded me of my own process of working hard for my dreams, and also made me cherish my current life even more. I will recommend this book to my friends so that they can also draw wisdom and strength from history.
It is interesting to describe a time slice in the long history to understand different authors' understanding and imagination of the historical data from different angles.