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Books by A Floating, Sinking Fate
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The Song Dynasty Scholar 宋士
In the final years of the Northern Song, the imperial court was corrupt, and the Jin invaded from the north. Across the realm, bones lay in heaps and corpses piled like mountains. There were scholars in flowing robes and sashes, basking in their own success after being named at the Donghua Gate; patriots seething with fury and passion, with no way to serve their country; fallen talents who had left only faint traces of their names in the pleasure quarters, drinking lightly, singing softly, and l
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A Common Man in the Great Ming 大明匹夫
An indecisive, self-important emperor? Courtiers with their own agendas, hell-bent on bringing about their own ruin; Common folk starving and suffering in dire straits! Are they bandits or rebels? Heroes or do-gooders? He flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, only to find it no match for fame and fortune. The country fell and the ruler died, leaving the great principles of history buried. He struck back only to give the weary Han people a place to rest. His love for family and country was a
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