Eight chapters of A Minister’s Chronicle, eight stories about eight figures from history. Liu Zheng, Hou Chengzi, Li Jiqian, Zhang Yuan, Zhao Wuxu, Dao Tong, Yelü Dashi, and Fan Mengduan are not widely known, but each left a record of their deeds in the history books. Their characters, virtues, and choices are deeply moving, and I hope to bring their stories to life again through my writing.
