"Horseshoe Disease in the Spring Breeze: A Biography of Meng Jiao" reproduces the tragic life of the poet Meng Jiao of the Mid-Tang Dynasty in a magnificent way. From the ups and downs of becoming a Jinshi at the age of forty-six, to the blood and tears of family ties behind the "thread in the hands of a loving mother", to the ironclad determination to face the hardships of people's livelihood, this biography combines historical research and literary imagination, allowing readers to witness how poor poets used their lives to refine poems that will shine for thousands of years.
