The Romance of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties in Vernacular

"The Romance of the Lost Tang and Five Dynasties" (also known as "The Lost Tang and Five Dynasties", "The Romance of the Lost Tang and Five Dynasties", etc.) Is a long historical novel said to be edited by Luo Guanzhong in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It was written in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. The novel is based on historical biographies, occasionally fictional, and in the form of a chronology. It mainly describes the rise and fall of the turbulent period from the Huangchao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty to the Chenqiao Mutiny launched by Zhao Kuangyin, the Song Taizu, and shows the major political and military struggles in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou emerged one after another. From then on, legends such as Gao Laoyao (Gao Xingzhou) defeated Guo Queer (Guo Wei), Wang Yanzhang died in Zhangling, and Zhao Kuangyin defeated Han Tong three times, until Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and founded the Song Dynasty. [1] The whole book is based on official history and folklore, lacking artistic processing, and mostly uses statements directly. There are many distortions of Huang Chao, but the image descriptions of a few characters such as Li Cunxiao and Wang Yanzhang are still vivid.