On the bloody ruins of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, a brand new dynasty, the Song Dynasty, was falteringly getting started. It ended the troubled times when warriors ruled the country, and engraved "advocating literature and suppressing military force" into the national policy. The "imperial examination" was the most dazzling beacon in this prosperous era of civil society, paving a golden road to the temple for talents from poor families. Focusing on those groups who stood at the top of the imperial examination pyramid and symbolized the pinnacle of cultural movement during the two Song and three hundred years - the number one scholar. They are not only the proud sons of heaven who are inscribed in the Golden Palace and occupy the top spot, but they are also witnesses, participants, and even founders and martyrs of the rise and fall of the dynasty.
