Qingfeng Nonsense: Records of the Literary Inquisition of the Qing Dynasty

A hundred cries from the depths of history. During the prosperous age of Qianlong, under the brilliance of civil rule, a huge web of fear quietly shrouded the world. One word can start a prison, one word can destroy a family. A bloody work based on the secret files of the Qing Dynasty. With irrefutable historical facts, the embroidered robe of the "prosperous age" is torn open, allowing you to look directly at the various forms of life crushed by the literary prison - from the madman who proclaimed himself an emperor, to the filial son who cried for his father; from the literati who dedicated their lives to the actors who sang in the opera; even a wrongly written word, a childish ballad... All evidence of guilt. The Inner Demon of Power: See how the emperors in the prosperous times turned words into the cruelest tool of rule due to inferiority and suspicion. The darkness of human nature: See how snitching becomes a trend and how ruthless officials rise to prominence on the basis of false accusations. The suffocation of culture: Look at how ideas are castrated, and the creativity of a nation wilts in silence. One hundred real cases, one hundred chapters of blood and tears. What it records is not only a catastrophe, but also a profound torture of power, human nature and the destiny of civilization. The prosperous age of Qianlong, which no longer thought freely, was nothing more than a pool of stagnant water.