Lin Yan, the core protagonist of "The Dusty Dynasty Code", is a young historian with the dual qualities of "study precipitation" and "field exploration". His life trajectory was completely rewritten by a string of mysterious symbols from a thousand-year dynasty, which became the key to uncovering the dusty history.
Lin Yan's identity comes with a strong dramatic contrast: On the surface, he is the youngest lecturer in the Department of History at Kyoto University, specializing in the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. He has been buried in piles of old papers and rubbings of cultural relics all year round. He has a calm and reserved personality, and has an almost stubborn obsession with the unpopular ancient philology. Because he is not good at socializing, he has always been labeled as a "minor and lonely" in the academic world. But few people know that his family hides a secret that spans three generations - his great-grandfather was an archaeologist during the Republic of China. In 1945, he participated in the excavation of an undisclosed ancient tomb of the Northern Dynasty and left behind an encrypted notebook and half a bronze talisman with strange patterns engraved on it. This became Lin Yan's most profound "historical enlightenment" in his childhood.
