Deng Sui, a woman in the rigidly patriarchal Eastern Han dynasty, rises from the blood-soaked depths of the imperial palace, step by step ascending to the pinnacle of power and ruling the empire!
When she first entered the palace, she was kindhearted, gentle, and mild-mannered, believing she had won the emperor’s true affection. But in the blink of an eye, she nearly died in the nameless inferno of the Southern Palace. In that moment, she finally understood: the palace was a battlefield, love mattered least, and power mattered most!
From then on, she concealed her talents and proceeded cautiously, one step at a time.
She cared for the people’s suffering and called for an end to the forced labor used to transport lychees. She also understood the emperor’s mind, turning convention on its head and using a scheme that played on scholars’ mutual contempt to arrange a killing without a single weapon, taking a life with a wave of her hand.
With a gift for recognizing talent, she appointed Jia Kui and Xu Shen to compile Shuowen Jiezi, laying the foundations of Chinese characters and creating the world’s first dictionary. She also commissioned Cai Lun to improve papermaking, producing Cai Hou paper, an innovation passed down through the ages that benefited both past and present!
She founded the Yuan Chu Academy, the first school in the world where boys and girls studied together! She commissioned Ban Zhao to write Lessons for Women, and women’s schools arose from there. She established female officials and palace attendants, and built schools throughout the commanderies and kingdoms, opening the door to education for women in ancient China!
She wielded not only the brush of civil virtue, but also the instruments that guarded the nation!
She commissioned Zhang Heng to create the seismoscope, which could detect earthquakes in all directions. Together with Cai Lun, she developed the Zhongshangfang repeating crossbow, which could fire three thousand bolts with an eighty percent hit rate, striking fear into the surrounding peoples! She established the Three-Horse Stud, benefiting both the military and the people! She even modeled a flying wooden sculpture on birds, creating one that beat its wings and soared through the sky on its own. The origin of the world’s flying machines came from her hands!
She subdued enemies without fighting! Goguryeo, Yelang, and Fuyu were terrified by her reputation and successively submitted, choosing to become vassal states of the Han!
This is the story of a woman who, through her own strength, wrote her own chapter.
"The Biography of Deng Sui": She used historical writing to hide her edge, and used silence to change her destiny If you like the layers of games in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the civil service character of "The Ming Dynasty", and the power and wit in "The Legend of Langya", then you should read "The Legend of Deng Sui". This is a political literature in the true sense, a serious novel that exquisitely weaves the historical facts of the Han Dynasty and the fate of the characters, and has both emotional depth and historical depth. It writes about the loneliness and restraint behind the hold of great power; it writes about how the historian's pen, which is full of storms, is used as a sword in the game of power; it also writes about how "mother's world" is not only a good reputation, but also sacrifice, judgment and never-ending self-control. She is not a heroine who rises by being "favored". What she relies on is pen and strategy, restraint and sacrifice, and the decision to face blood and fire, loyalty and righteousness again and again. This is a female political novel in the true sense, and it is also a rare work in recent years that can write such hard-core words as "historical writing", "scholars" and "family and country" into female narratives. Here, "Mother Yi Tianxia" is not a plaque, but a series of silent confrontations; Here, history books are not records, but battlefields of struggle; Here, a woman must write all her loyalty, life and death with the pen of a civil servant; in the name of the harem, she can stabilize the world before her. The layout of "The Biography of Deng Sui" is huge - from literary prison to the lonely return of the Western Regions, it describes the life of the scholars, the loyal souls of the generals, and how the heroine repeatedly weighed between the emperor's heart and the people's fate. Every detail is real and rigorous, and every character has the texture of destiny. If "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a woman's survival technique, "Nirvana in Fire" is a man's world game. Then "The Biography of Deng Sui" is about how a woman, with an attitude of "not fighting", found her own way to an empire in the deepest whirlpool of power. This work deserves to be seen by more people and even adapted to the screen. Recommended to all readers and creators who love history, prefer thoughtful writing and drama, and long to see the growth of a real heroine. Here, you will meet a female politician who will awe you—— Maybe not amazing, but certainly shocking.
Do you think "The Biography of Deng Sui" tells a story from a thousand years ago? In fact, it talks about the ordinary life of each of us Persevere in the cracks, grit your teeth in misunderstandings, and work hard where no one can see you. At work, You clearly reminded me in advance, wrote an email, and made a record. But when something goes wrong, everyone will act like you didn't say a word. Why didn't anyone think of it? You obviously thought of it. In life, You just said the wrong word and took the wrong step. I was criticized in public, labeled, and kicked out of the circle. It seems that this world never gives people a chance to explain. In terms of learning, As soon as you don't do well in the exam, you'll be told Are you not suitable for studying? But it's not that you don't work hard You're just too tired, you just Before I could take a breath. You're off work, your phone is on silent, But he was asked: Why didn't you answer the phone? But isn't that your off-duty time? Don't you deserve even eight hours of freedom to breathe? You are required to be perfect, Always smart, always capable, never wrong. But whose life is without any mistakes? Who can stand on the moral high ground without any flaws? You also want to ask: I just want to live easily Laugh when you are happy, rest when you are tired, and cry when you feel like crying. This way Is it ok? This is my life, Don't I even have the right to live my own life? She in "The Biography of Deng Sui" is probably you in parallel time and space. She was afraid of the wind, the vision, the clan members, and the officials. But still have to hold on Use your weak body to stabilize this empire. She couldn't cry, get angry, retreat, or win too quickly. She must consider everyone, But no one cared how she survived. She will also be tired, scared, hesitant, and lonely, But she never fell. Because she knows: As long as she stands, there will be no chaos in the world. Have you ever had such a time? Afraid of falling, afraid of being told that you can't do it Afraid of fighting for it, afraid of being told that you are too strong Afraid of rejection, afraid of being told that you don't fit in with others So you work hard, Even if there is no applause, even if it has been a long time since I felt happy, You still grit your teeth and walk this path that no one understands. Therefore, this book is not about the halo of the heroine. It's also not someone's wonderful adventure that makes them reach the sky in one fell swoop. It is about a tug-of-war between man and the world, the rules, and himself. Maybe not many people read it, But it's been waiting for the one who really needs it. Wait for that People who are also walking and crying. It's not that she doesn't want to feel happy But she can't. Power cannot be seized or delegated; Can't shed tears, can't be silent; We cannot destroy the old and create the new too quickly, nor do we do nothing. She must endure it. Hold back loneliness, hold back accusations, hold back a woman should not be like this vision of the times. This book is called "The Biography of Deng Sui". It does not raise high to fight, nor does it have thousands of troops; It writes about how a woman quietly ruled for sixteen years. She has encountered: Years of disaster, wars, rumors, meteorites, clan cliques, corruption of relatives Any one of them is enough to overwhelm a Queen Regent. But she caught it again and again. She moved the refugees to the south of the Yangtze River so that the hungry people could cultivate fields; She abolished castration and stopped cruelty from continuing; She set up a school for women so that women could also have the knowledge to protect themselves. She is not a queen or a general, But what she did was not small at all. I don't know which chapter will make you cry. But you will definitely fall silent in a certain chapter. Because you get it: She is not an omnipotent heroine of cool novels; She is the gentlest and heaviest backbone of the times. Maybe life is like this. Sometimes we are not satisfied just to make happiness appear more precious. Not praising suffering, I just want to tell you: Suffering is normal and everyone will have it. So, when you are sad, Let yourself go. Don't hold on anymore, don't hold on anymore. Cry loudly once, go crazy once It doesn't matter either. You come to this world, Not just for patience. You should also have your own happiness and respite.
Shocked The author is very connotative and is definitely not a pile of words and phrases. I couldn't help but comment after reading half of it Wen Neng Zaidao, such a good work deserves to be seen by more people "The emperor's heart is cold, but the fire is not extinguished. Paper can carry the road, and the lamp can draw the shadow. Now that the game has begun, I must put down my pen." This sentence really scared me. As a woman in the new era, as a young person, I feel that Deng Sui is like a beautiful bamboo. Her slender figure is full of vitality and unyielding. She interprets the character of a scholar throughout her life. She is unwilling to accept high positions, pursues the truth, works diligently and loves the people. Moreover, she has the courage to break the situation and the wisdom to fight back. She is worthy of being a female politician of the generation. I saw the mountains that were covered with ink, I saw the momentum of the golden and iron horses, I saw the boat crossing the vast smoke waves, I heard the screams of the imprisoned in the mist and rain in the sky, the heavy ink struck at the reform, the young man retaliated the beating of the stubborn and stinky Confucian, and before my eyes, prosperity swallowed up the barrenness. At this time, the floating light leaps into gold.
It was like seeing a legendary woman walking through her life before my eyes.