The outline of this novel follows the historical context of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the major historical events and character endings are as close to official historical records as possible. As a fiction, it is the setting that "Zhao Hongyin is a modern time traveler", and from this perspective, the turmoil of the eighty years from the Huangchao Rebellion to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty is connected.
The novel attempts to answer a question: If a person knew what would happen in the future, how would he survive in such troubled times? How will he affect his son? Will history change because of him?
The answer may be: the general trend of history will not change because of one person, but the warmth, wisdom and choices in history can make a person live meaningfully in troubled times.
Zhao Mingcheng witnessed everything and intervened in some things, but in the end he just allowed himself and his son to find their own place in the torrent of history.
