From the Start, I Was a Playboy, but I Recited Three Hundred Tang Poems in One Breath

When Shen Chang'an opens his eyes, he has become the capital's infamous wastrel, the son of a marquis.

He gambles on cockfights, races horses, drinks, and causes trouble. Everyone takes a turn trampling on him.

At the Hundred Flowers Banquet, he has only just woken up when he's branded a lecher for allegedly harassing a maid.

The scholars seize the chance to mock him in verse.

One insult, “a dog of a son from a family of generals,” drags the Dingbei Marquis's household through the mud.

Shen Chang'an had planned to keep his head down and stay alive.

But they insist he compose a poem.

So he speaks.

Ten words, and the whole hall falls silent.

One couplet, and the capital's finest poets can't hold their heads up.

From that day on, everyone wants to test whether his talent is real.

Shen Chang'an smiles.

You want to test his poetry?

Then let's see who can withstand the weight of a thousand years of literary tradition.