Shaoguangyan

"Shaoguangyan" is a high-quality ancient novel that combines medical skills, political strategy, and ancient group portraits. It breaks out of the conventional framework of harem love and competition, and uses the heroine Qi Shuxuan's acupuncture skills as a lead to connect multiple story lines of the court, medical ethics, and the game of marriage. The layout is broad and the characters are very thick. The heroine's dazzling character is established at the beginning of the story: the princess in the palace is suffering from an emergency, and the imperial doctors of the Manchu Dynasty are helpless by sticking to ancient methods. Only Prince Duan's Qi Shuxuan dares to break the rules and resolve the life crisis with precise and neat acupuncture. She not only possesses superb medical skills, but also has a clear and far-sighted vision. She used the matter of saving lives to advise the emperor and promote the establishment of a medical clinic, breaking the pedantic rule that doctors stick to books and dare not practice. She single-handedly shakes up the medical system that has been solidified for many years. The main line of innovation in women's medical practice is novel and breaks out of the limitations of traditional love in the boudoir. The heroine Qi Shuxuan's character creation is very three-dimensional. She was born in a noble family, supported by nine brothers, and held the land of Yunnan. She was born with the confidence to be neither humble nor arrogant. When faced with the Queen Mother's questioning and the questioning of the court officials, she never deliberately showed weakness, and her words were thoughtful but hidden. However, she was not blindly arrogant and reckless in her medical practice. She is calm and professional at times, sober and transparent when she has insight into people's hearts. She can see through the hidden plot behind the emperor's marriage to Cui Yuyan, the top scholar in the new subject. The supreme grace that others envy is for her a trade-off that requires step-by-step planning. The core of sobriety and independence runs through the whole story. The plot line of the court and the line of medicine run parallel to each other, and the rhythm is relaxed and moderate. In the early stage, the plot of rescuing people in the palace and confronting the imperial doctor in front of the palace is very satisfying. The heroine uses real medical skills to crush the conventional imperial hospital, and every word exposes the shortcomings of talking about etiquette and despising practical practice; in the middle part, the empress dowager's questions and the emperor's marriage decree push the court game to a climax. A marriage grant binds the princess of an aristocratic family to the new champion of a poor family. The two have very different identities and their own thoughts, which is full of tension. At the same time, the group portraits in the book are delicately depicted, including the brooding empress dowager, the emperor weighing the pros and cons, the pedantic and conservative imperial physician, and the reserved and restrained number one scholar Cui Yuyan. Everyone has their own position and calculation. There are no flat figures, and the group portraits have a strong sense of atmosphere. The atmosphere of the text is quaint and delicate, and he is good at using the environment to set off the mood. The dead silence in the palace, the hidden wit in the conversation between the monarch and his ministers, and the sharp tone of the heroine when speaking out against the current ills. A few lines of dialogue are full of undercurrents. The description of acupuncture techniques is professional and meticulous, with measured punctures and detailed names of acupuncture points. It can be seen that the author has sophisticated knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and a sense of professionalism, which is different from many ancient sayings that talk about medical skills in general. The emotional line is gradual, without industrial saccharine. The heroine and the number one scholar test each other from a marriage proposal, to running into each other in the medical affairs of the court. The adult-like relationship between rationality and pulling is delicate and attractive.