This was the best era, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, when all nations came to court, singing and dancing flourished, literary talents were popular, poets and immortals competed for wine, and grass sages splashed ink. This is the worst of times. The emperor is not in power, the concubines are favored, treacherous officials are in power, the virtuous are deposed, relatives are monopolizing power, extravagance is common, the countries are uneasy, and the generals are acting foolishly.
From the Huanghuang Imperial Capital to the misty rainy south of the Yangtze River, from the yellow sand outside the Great Wall to the snow-covered plateau. The open and secret fights within the palace walls, the grievances and hatreds in the rivers and lakes, and the ups and downs in the troubled times. Through growth, loss, betrayal, we always have each other.