The history of the Song Dynasty has a natural advantage - it itself is like a TV series with ups and downs: a soldier (erroneously, a general) at the beginning, and a jump into the sea at the end; in the middle there are literary youths, reform pioneers, tough guys in the main battle, surrender experts, and artistic geniuses (the kind who become emperors). We will use four volumes and several chapters to break down the 319-year history of the Song Dynasty into stories that will make you laugh out loud and sigh.
