Chronicles of the Sacred Tree of Northern Foothill Mountain

This book does not deliberately cater to the fast-paced trend of face-slapping and comebacks.

Instead, it focuses on three centuries of a clan's rise and decline, the everyday life of a northern mountain village, and the ways of the world.

Here, a young man grows up, inherits his family's ancestral medical art, earns the favor of an ancient tree, protects his neighbors, and fights off bandits.

One day, he enters officialdom and holds fast to his principles and justice amid the turmoil of court and country.

The story unfolds at a leisurely pace, with an emphasis on the characters' joys and sorrows and the ways of rural society.

Dedicated to every reader willing to savor the warmth and integrity of human nature at an unhurried pace.