Chang'an: A Poetic Murder is an epic ensemble biography centered on four great female poets of the Tang Dynasty. The story begins with a meeting forgotten by history: Xue Tao, Yu Xuanji, Li Ye, and Liu Caichun, four gifted women whose fates have been fraught with misfortune, join forces after becoming entangled in a vast conspiracy targeting talented women: the "Old Men (a collective term for systematic violence by social structures) Elimination Plan." Drawing on their intelligence and talents, they go from being forced to save themselves to taking the initiative, wielding poetry as a weapon as they contend with powerful adversaries on the battlefields of political intrigue, public opinion, and economics. From establishing the "Huanhua Creek Intelligence Network" to co-founding "Phoenix Perch Academy," they not only change their own fates, but also open a path for women everywhere to study, gain wisdom, and build lives of their own. This is a paean to women, rewriting history through poetry. It tells how lonely sparks gathered into a blaze that ultimately lit up an entire age.
