New Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Introduction to "New Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: The Theory of Those Who Know the Boat" This is not the heroic history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties that you have heard of. Gu Huaizhou, a doctor of history from the School of History and Culture of Hunan Normal University, traveled to the troubled times of the late Sui Dynasty with his omniscient perspective on official history and romance. He knew the fate of all famous generals and knew the outcome of every battle, but found that he was unable to change anyone's fate. Knowledge has become his deepest curse. The "newness" of this story lies in the perspective: The shackles of "knowledge": He was forced to be friends with Li Yuanba, drink with Shan Xiongxin as a "prophet", and watched helplessly as they headed towards their destined tragedy. The theory "Water can carry a boat" that he dedicated to Li Shimin eventually became a cage that locked himself. The disenchantment of "righteousness": Wagang's brotherhood and Luoyang's generous tragedy are not only passionate legends in his eyes, but also inevitable due to the rift between human nature and the times. He understands everyone's choice, but must bear the pain caused by this understanding. The scene of "history": This is not an encapsulated past, but a living scene. The Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin he saw were not stereotyped heroes, but complex people struggling between ambition, fear, loyalty and survival. The only thing Gu Huaizhou can do is to serve as the most sober witness and recorder of this great epic, to answer a core question: If the outcome is already doomed, why do people still risk their lives to become heroes? "New Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is a story about "knowing everything but being unable to change". It is the most affectionate memorial book dedicated to those eighteen heroes who waved the hammer against fate and charged towards the ending.