At a literary gathering, she was in a humiliating predicament. To help her out, he immediately wrote a ci poem in her voice. Little did they know that within days the poem would become a sensation, widely circulated and enduring through the ages.
The story follows the love, hate, joy, and sorrow of a couple drawn to each other despite the gulf between their social stations. Their romance is mirrored by two other tragic old love stories that leave the reader sighing over what might have been. Together, they portray the many faces of life under the constraints of feudal ethics: people swept up in the rules of family rank and propriety, unable to follow their hearts in love and powerless to control their own destinies.
Core theme: The many faces of life under the constraints of feudal ethics: people swept up in the rules of family rank and propriety, unable to follow their hearts in love and powerless to control their own destinies.
Author's message: This article takes the Southern Song Dynasty as the historical background. All historical figures, major events, laws and rituals, and core historical facts are all based on the "History of the Song Dynasty" and the notes of Song Dynasty people. The characters' selfish intentions, romantic entanglements, and daily trivialities are literary fiction and artistic interpretation. This is stated here to avoid punctures. The author has great respect for all historical figures in the article, and does not intend to distort, ridicule or vilify them. The story aims to describe the struggles, joys and sorrows of individuals in a specific era, and does not make official historical conclusions. Please do not use historical data to compare fictional plots one by one. History belongs to history, and literature belongs to literature. May you enjoy the story.
[Must read before reading·Author's statement] This article is a work of literary fiction set in a historical context. Regarding historical figures: Lu You, Zhao Shicheng, Tang Wan, etc. Who appear in the article are all real historical figures. However, all the selfish thoughts, emotional entanglements, daily conversations and specific plots about them in the book are the author's artistic interpretation and literary fiction, and are by no means the final conclusion of history. The author has great respect for all the historical figures he writes about, and does not intend to distort, ridicule or vilify them. Regarding historical events and regulations: The major historical events, regulations, etiquette, and core historical facts in the article refer to the "History of the Song Dynasty" and the notes of Song Dynasty people. However, in order to serve the plot of the novel, some details have been artistically processed and fictionalized. Please do not benchmark against historical data one by one. Core purpose: history belongs to history, and literature belongs to literature. The story aims to depict the struggles, joys and sorrows of individuals in a specific era. Readers are asked to distinguish the characters in the book from real historical figures and enjoy the story itself.