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Books by 云门布衣
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The Heavenly Secrets Stratagem: A Game of Mountains and Rivers 天机策之山河奕局
Chen Xuan, a history PhD, transmigrates through historical projections with a bronze compass in hand, joining forces with teammates who each possess extraordinary skills to thwart the secret organization's "Civilization Selection" conspiracy. Amid the clash of arms at the Battle of Changping, they expose a body-double plot. In the burning halls of the Xianyang Palace, they awaken Xiang Yu's lingering soul. They witness the Tang dynasty's Chang'an at the height of its prosperity, welcoming envoys
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A Specimen of History 历史的标本
Synopsis: In 219 BC, a soul from the future falls into the Qin dynasty and becomes Chen Xu, a convict laborer at Mount Li. He possesses the uncanny ability to glimpse the future by touching objects. After Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng discovers him, Chen Xu is appointed “Court Secretary” and made a living mirror tasked with revealing the empire’s hidden dangers. From then on, he moves between the shadows and splendor of the Xianyang Palace. In public, he plans imperial highways and advises on constru
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The Ashes of Lin'an: A Journey in Concealment 临安烬：藏锋行
Set between the Shaoxing Peace Treaty of 1141 and the second year of Longxing in 1164, this is a turbulent era in which internal strife and outside threats converge. The Southern Song clings to a corner of the realm in Lin'an, present-day Hangzhou. Though it calls the city its temporary capital, it has yet to reclaim the Central Plains, and that humiliation hangs over it like cold mist. With its vermilion towers, painted pleasure boats, and endless music, the capital is like a handful of embers
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The Emperor's Shadow and the River Chart 帝影河图
This historical story is not about good people and bad people. It is about a lonely man who tried to outrun his age and was ultimately crushed by it. The road he left behind is still traveled by those who came after him; the spade he used to dig canals was later used to fill them in. The achievements were his, and so were the failings, but the road became everyone’s.” In the fourteenth year of Daye (618), Emperor Yang of Sui was murdered in Jiangdu. Twenty-two years later, Emperor Taizong of Tan
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