If a person lived from the dawn of Chinese civilization to today, what kind of world would he see?
When the flood receded and the first dynasty was established on the ruins; when bronzes were cast into ritual vessels and murderous weapons; when writing was born and the first lies and oaths were recorded... He was there.
He looked at countless "us": we built the Great Wall and burned books; we created the most splendid poems and launched the most brutal wars; we built great empires one after another on the ruins and pushed them into the abyss with our own hands.
He was once regarded as a messenger of divine enlightenment, and was also regarded as an ominous monster. He has worn hundreds of robes from different eras and embraced hundreds of lovers who will eventually pass away. The history in his heart is not cold words, but hot blood, hot tears and countless forgotten and vivid faces.
This epic is his five thousand years of confession.
What it wants to tell is not only the rise and fall of a dynasty, but also the struggle and choice of a civilization. In the face of eternal time, are we moving towards the light, or are we still reincarnating in the darkness?
Please, be his next listener.
