It tells the story of the turbulent and prosperous Tang Dynasty, from the reign of Emperor Taizong to his death, the beginning to the end of Empress Wu Zhou, from Chang'an to Dunhuang, the eastern capital Luoyang to the foreign land of the Western Sea, the submergence and continuation of the Asoka Dynasty in India, the Silk Road as far away as Turkey and the Roman Empire, the cross-century exploration of Japan and England, the Trojan horse massacre of Troy and the incomparable beauty Helen, all the way to the cold snow falling in Jerusalem. The first-person immersion into the scene, the ultimate fantasy of the Tang Dynasty, the gorgeous allure, the everlasting charming smoke and clouds, a magnificent romantic epic.
Part 1: Snowy Boy/Hazy Swordsman
Part Two: Heaven and Earth
The following is the review:
Jiang Xiaohu: A very interesting work. The characters in the book use poetic dialogue, coupled with the first-person perspective, giving this work a prose-like temperament, worthy of the word "beautiful" in the title. However, the writing is like flowing clouds and flowing water, and the plot develops in one go. It has all the elements of laughter, anger, love and hatred, but they are clearly the characteristics of the novel.
Zheng Baochun: A legend of the Tang Dynasty. The author draws lessons from famous martial arts masters and incorporates both official and unofficial history. His profound skills and grand style are particularly rare.
Han Yunbo: The text of "Qili Ke of the Tang Dynasty" is very beautiful, and it feels intimate when read in the first person. The development of the plot also makes reading tempting. After I finished reading it, I divided the novel into two parts.
The first half is intertwined with the legend of a chivalrous man, the love between mother and son, palace secrets, and martial arts. There are scenes of beauty and youth, and there are also scenes of solemnity, sophistication and depth. The second half focuses on Wu Mei, and also describes the characteristics of this ambitious woman. However, by using the names of a series of historical figures and legendary figures into the work, it becomes a "big story", which is obviously different from the style of the first half. Maybe the author did it deliberately, but I thought it destroyed the sense of wholeness and failed to further develop the human emotions in the first half. Although Awu disappeared in the end and wrote a kind of melancholy, which seemed to correspond to the beginning, but the overall feeling was a bit unresolved.
A question actually raised here is whether a martial arts novel needs to have stylistic integrity during the writing process. You don't have to draw any conclusions yet, but I think it should be put on the agenda for consideration.
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