Longing for You in Chang'an

Longing in Chang'an is the fourth novel in the Tang Palace Love and Hate series. It connects somewhat with the third book, The Fortunate Consort Doulu (http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3118303&chapterid=1), but since the story of the male lead Li Bai's origins stretches back several generations, this book is most closely connected to the first, Love and Hate in the Zhenguan Era (http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=2829776&chapterid=1). Drawing on the research of certain historians, this book explores the connection between the ancestors of the brilliant poet Li Bai and the Xuanwu Gate Incident. It also uses Li Bai's profound anguish upon learning who his great-grandfather was to explain why he spent so many years drowning his sorrows in wine. In addition, through the power of imagination, it depicts Li Bai meeting the future Lady of Guo when she was still a young girl, long before she became Lady of Guo. She, who once said that rouge and powder only sullied her beauty, became the recurring image of the "beauty" in his poems. Alongside Lady of Guo, with whom Li Bai's love was never meant to be, the book also details the wives recorded in the official histories and Princess Yuzhen, who recommended him.

One of the book's central themes is to show how different women respond to a passionate but freedom-loving poet like Li Bai. May readers find some insight in these pages: if you meet a modern-day Li Bai, what kind of woman could become his true love...

Another aim of this book is to lift the veil of history and offer the most plausible explanation for the mystery of Li Bai's origins. The title of each chapter is taken from one of Li Bai's beautiful poems. Literature lovers, please enjoy!

Theme: Showing the causes and consequences of being unrecognized despite one's talent