
Records of Zhongzhou
中州录
- Status
- Completed
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- 350k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Ancient Era
- Updated
- 4y ago
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- JJWXC
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79Chapters
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I don't think it's be... But it's a very unforgettable feeling. Having such a cherished and heart-to-heart love in my life is already considered complete. I came across the word "microhistory" while reading some popular physical books. In my opinion, this book is a good microhistory. When I studied history in the past, I just looked at the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in general terms. I didn't know about the Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, etc., And generally attributed them to historical crossroads that are not worth mentioning, and trivial matters that are not necessary to understand. But just like Lady Zhou's extra story in the article, she changed from the black-and-white resentment between the Jin and Song Dynasties against Jing and Wei, and in her later years, she talked to her grandchildren about the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. They both had good people and strong and unyielding souls. These histories that I had not noticed before also had many splendid stories, which made me feel sad and happy when I read them.
I stumbled upon this article when I was searching for information on Yuan Haowen. At that time, I was amazed by Yuan Haowen's idea of "the rise of history after the fall of a country" and "preserving history through poetry", so I was attracted by the copy. The main text also unfolds slowly from Yuan Haowen's murmurs about an old friend he met by chance during his search for history, and Liu Feng's narration of past events in his homeland, telling the story of his old master with noble status and outstanding talents. I like the beginning of this paragraph very much. Unlike other novels where the heroine appears at the beginning or explains a very long historical background. I first talk about Jiuniang still missing her old master after many years. Seeing her daughter fall in love with the scene has already raised my expectations for the heroine, and then follow Liu Feng's perspective. , The scenes of the last years of the dynasty, when internal and external troubles occurred and the capital was forced to be moved, unfolded before our eyes one by one, and then the heroine Wanyan Ning, whose life experience was a mystery, was smart and studious, and young and mature. The trivial interactions between the heroine and Liu Feng, as well as the design of investigating her life experience, immediately established her image. Then the perspective turns to Yuan Haowen, and Yuan Haowen's narration leads to the story of the male protagonist Wanyan Yi when he was a boy. He was upright and upright, filial, admired Han culture, devoted himself to serving the country, and befriended Pusan Anzhen, the son of his father's old master, and Yuan Haowen, a great talent. Then the two lines run in parallel, through the perspectives of the male protagonist and the female protagonist, outlining the background of the decline of the Xuanzong Dynasty, as well as the major incident of the servant Anzhen winning the battle but dying unjustly. The story of Pusan Anzhen and Princess Xing falling in love but falling apart due to the emperor's suspicion and various coincidences is particularly well written and can be savored over and over again. The ideas of both parties are very logical, and they are all for the good of the other party, but they cannot express it openly due to misunderstanding. The coincidence is inevitable, and the final death of both people can be regarded as HE in another sense. What happened to them is what all princesses with political missions and generals who hold heavy troops are jealous of the emperor will encounter. The hero and heroine are undoubtedly lucky. Their elders have stepped on the thunder before, and they have avoided many pitfalls. The female protagonist on Liufeng's side and the male protagonist on Yuan Haowen's side switched twice, and finally met when Wanyan Ning delivered a book to Wanyan Yi in prison, and Wanyan Yi thanked the book sender after being released from prison. What I like the most about this section is the poems between the male and female protagonists. Various idiosyncratic poems are readily available, as well as the original text of two paragraphs of letters. It is rare to see letters between the protagonists in ancient channels that are written in pure classical Chinese. There are many antithetical words, taking into account phonology, and it is catchy to read. I am amazed at my wife's profound literary literacy. When I saw that the male protagonist in the article was Monk Wanyan Chen, and that the history had not changed at the beginning, I was already prepared for the ending to be. However, when I read the love story, I was deeply shocked by the righteousness of the male and female protagonists' family and country, and their mutual understanding. They were both prepared to die for their country. They wanted each other to be safe, but they also knew that the other's ideals would not survive when the situation came to pass. The love between the two was soul-stirring, and lived up to the "sons and daughters of troubled times" in the text. In the end, Wanyan Yi took the initiative to die in order to save Wanyan Ning, which fulfilled the historical ending. Wanyan Ning, like a loyal goose who refused to live alone after the death of his partner, found Wanyan Yi's bones and died for him. When Wanyan Yi died, it was the end of history. I just lamented that it had finally come to this point. When Wanyan Ning, with her usual wisdom, realized that Wanyan Yi died for her, she still couldn't help crying. It was already cruel for her to lose her lover, but her lover finally took the initiative to die for herself and suffered great pain before death. This is a situation that no one can accept. Only one death will inevitably hurt the wisdom and deep love. The whole article seems to be written in a physical historical novel style. From the choice of words and sentences to the dialogue between the characters, the wife's literary skills are undoubtedly revealed, and she is one of the best in the whole of Jinjiang. The most rare thing is that it can be combined with history. It must have an original plot that is attractive, and it must dance on the shackles of history. It must not go against the historical trend and the choices of historical figures, and it must be a plot that modern readers can accept. Nowadays, most of the ancient sayings are fictitious or time travel to change history. Firstly, the ending of real history has been determined and there is no suspense. Secondly, real history has too many difficult-to-evaluate operations, which are unacceptable to modern people. The wife was able to create such a smart heroine in the cracks of real history, and she was able to fulfill the historical ending of the male protagonist, and have a fascinating plot, which is really amazing. Next are two places where I felt uncomfortable while reading, both of which are more personal thoughts. The first one is the scene where the male protagonist is in Fangcheng and Miss Zhou. It was very uncomfortable to watch. I put it down and picked it up several times, and almost gave up the article. I probably guessed that the wife wrote this whole plot in order to close the poem Yuan Haowen gave to the male protagonist. When I read the novel, I always read it from the perspective of the protagonist. I usually don't care whether the male protagonist has an ex or not, but when it is known that Wan Yan Yi is the male protagonist of this article, such a long paragraph describes how the male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist. Even later in the article, the male protagonist even compares the female protagonist with the female protagonist in his heart. The female protagonist does not care. As a reader, it is as disgusting as swallowing a fly. Especially in the relationship between the male protagonist and the female protagonist, the psychological transformation process of both parties is very detailed and specific. When it comes to the relationship between the male protagonist and the female protagonist, only the male protagonist's perspective makes me feel that the female protagonist's emotion towards the male protagonist changes from appreciation to deep love very suddenly. Later in the article, the female protagonist slowly tells how she fell in love with the male protagonist. This comparison makes the heroine feel even more unworthy. Another thing that made me uncomfortable watching this episode was Yuan Haowen. In my memory, Yuan Haowen ranked first among the positive characters I hated most in this article. He was self-righteous, judged others by himself, and made random guesses about the male protagonist's thoughts on other women many times. Then there is the fact that he has a wife at home and is poor but still has to go to a brothel to listen to music. While having an affair with Ni Sheng, he also scolds the male protagonist for not knowing the style, and later misunderstands that the male protagonist is unfeeling. The male protagonist falls in love with the female co-star and the annoying male co-star. This scene is full of debuffs and it is very uncomfortable to watch. Another uncomfortable part of this article is the plot line. My wife probably wanted to write it in the direction of a drama. It has researched a lot of historical details, but there are also many romantic narratives in the fictional plot. For example, after Wanyan Shouchun framed his servant San Anzhen, when Wanyan Ning went to confront him, both parties had excellent political skills. Literacy, I understand that this matter eventually became a dead end, mainly because of the emperor's suspicion, but Wanyan Shouchun always emphasized that he thought his uncle was unfaithful to his aunt, so he wanted to mess with him. He even mentioned that he had gone to make things difficult for his uncle's concubine many times. As a junior, it was strange that the elder did not ask for help and interfered in the elder's family affairs. Another example is that Yuan Haowen ran away in Fangcheng because he misunderstood that the male protagonist forced a female partner, and felt that deep friendship was not allowed. In order for Yuan Haowen to follow the historical line, he was reinstated as an official. The reason he found was unreasonable. Yuan himself did not take the brothel woman seriously. How could he break off the relationship with his friend because of such a romantic affair? The Shangguan who had helped him was still there. Let me mention two more minor bugs. One is that the protagonist's speech sometimes crosses the line. As a Jin man, the protagonist is naturally from the Jin man's perspective, but he will say "Yu Yunwen defeated the Jin army in Caishiji", which is obviously a Song perspective. Later, after the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the descendants of the Yelv family slowly changed their surnames back. Yelu Chucai's surname should have been changed back to him by his son after his death. The anthology he wrote while he was alive was signed by Yizai Chucai. Yin Zhiping gave him and the title of the poem "Zi Wei in Nanyang Village, Zhangzhou and Chen Xiuyuyun, the Yici Zhongshu", so the title "Yelu Gongshu" written by Yuan Haowen in the article is not appropriate. Unknowingly, I wrote a lot. Overall, I still like this book very much. It is really rare to see such a masterpiece with sophisticated wording, sentence construction, and fascinating plot for free in Jinjiang. After reading the ending, I went back to the first chapter and understood why Yuan Haowen and Jiuniang missed their homeland and old friends. Such heroic children are indeed unforgettable.
It's one o'clock in the morning, everyone is watching the World Cup. I regret reading this story. I have to go to work tomorrow, but my eyes will be swollen because I have burst into tears. The trash can is filled with tissues. I burst into tears for the eldest princess and General Pusan. The author's writing style is really good. It is impossible to write without foundation. Poems and allusions are readily available. He is not an ordinary romance novelist and can be called a writer. I like it very much, looking forward to the next one
The writing is very well written and allowed me to understand a different side of the Jin Dynasty. At first, like the Song Dynasty people in the article, my evaluation of the Wanyan family stopped at superficial good and bad qualities, ignoring that every dynasty has heroes that are regrettable. As for the ending of Ning'er and Monk Chen, when I first finished reading it, I felt only infinite regret, feeling that they did not live happily ever after. Looking back later, I feel that fate dictates that happiness is a comparative degree after all. But I still hope that Ning'er and Monk Chen can be safe and live a long life in the next life, and even in the lives to come.
It's so beautiful. I accidentally saw the recommendation on Xiaohongshu. I couldn't stop reading it, so I took it out to read if I had nothing to do. It brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it. I haven't seen such touching love in a long time. When will the author update the extra stories about Ning'er and Monk Chen?
The writing is very good. But it was very frustrating to watch. She was devoted to him, but his first love was not her. I didn't even say a formal farewell to that relationship. I just started telling stories with her in a daze, like new customers arriving before the table was wiped clean. I always feel uncomfortable thinking about it. Moreover, his original intention was to have an unknowing love that went on and on, but when describing her and him, he always described her understanding, as if if she hadn't explained it like this, he would not have fallen in love. Looking at his original intention without distracting thoughts, it made her and his relationship seem like a "high-quality selection", rather than starting from the heart. The reason why I didn't write it clearly with the previous relationship is because based on his personality and the deep love for her, there must be another set of three servants and couples. Or maybe because she is the protagonist. After years of entanglement, he finally only chose her. But, no matter how I think about it, it's hard to let go. I love Ning'er so well. Pu She and his wife are said to be very affectionate, but they can let a third person intervene. They say they are affectionate to her, but their body is affectionate to her. If this can be considered a serious love, then I can only say that this kind of love is too cheap, and there is nothing more than being in love with each other. This article is very good, but the emotional part is so suffocating that I felt like I had a lump in my throat after reading it. In these two episodes of deep love, they only felt the depth of their affection, but what they received was not equal.
After reading it last night, I was torn over and over in my heart, but I still have something to say. The writing and quality of "Zhongzhou Lu" are among the articles I read this year. I cannot use superficial standards to evaluate whether it is good or bad. In fact, its rhythm, theme, style, and the seriousness of the author's research all hit my heart. I am rather picky about reading articles, and I only like to read ancient Chinese proverbs. I don't want to read articles that are not logically logical, seriously researched, or wonderfully written, hahaha! There are only three similar articles that I have seen in Jinjiang this year (the other two are about the Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties. To be honest, there are too few articles that can conduct research to this level.) The author created such a world through the index, and I suddenly became interested in the history of the Jin Dynasty without knowing anything about the history of the Jin Dynasty. I downloaded several books about the history of the Jin Dynasty and Yuan Haowen from Kindle. In my opinion, this kind of value is far more than ordinary romance novels. However, I have to pour some cold water on the author, maybe because this is my first time writing an article, and it can be seen that the structure and writing skills are still somewhat immature. And it can be seen that he was deeply influenced by Jin Yong (this article is actually the most inspired by Jin Yong among the articles I have read in JJ, especially in terms of writing, it has the feeling of meeting CPs such as Jing Rong, Xiao Zhu, and Yang Long). This is a good thing and a bad thing, because most writers are easily influenced by their own spiritual idols and imitation objects at the beginning of their writing, and it is inevitable that their writing style will be similar. Authors are encouraged to write more. Only when they break out of the stereotypes of old writers can they completely form their own mature style. I look forward to writing more beautiful and exciting articles!
Almost makes me cry to death History is like this In the end, no one stayed Only the sky remains unchanged
Today I read "The Biography of Yuan Haowen" written by Zhu Dongrun, and I feel more and more how rare the author is. Due to the reasons of the times and personal tendencies, Zhu Dongrun mixed too much of the Song Dynasty's position when writing about Yuan Haowen, a poet of the Jin Dynasty. I disagree with many of the views that express his personal emotions (it is not convenient to say more specifically here). Whether it is a personal biography or a history of the country, I think the most important attitude is not to be too old-fashioned and conservative, nor to mix too much emotion and people in an evaluation! //Tendency, the family must be objective. It is really not easy to put aside the old shackles of the past and write about the history of the Jin Kingdom and an ordinary individual. So this article will be the most impressive article that I have read in a long time.
Before I clicked in, I had no idea that the author's writing style was like this, and it made me frown. After all, my cultural literacy is not very high, and I am not that good at history, so it takes more time to read than other articles. But after reading it, I felt very emotional. As I wrote when I was halfway through reading, the soul of the female author in Jinjiang is the pillar that holds up the romance channel. What readers fall in love with are the characters written by the author, or even more powerfully, what makes us fall in love is love itself. The latter is a difficult thing to trigger, because the premise of love that can make readers heartbroken must be two complete male and female protagonists. The complete character here is just the coat, the temperament is the texture, and the ambition and ideal are the bones. It has been a long time since I met someone who has all three. 80% Have none of the three, the remaining 20% can keep the coat intact, 15% can have texture, and the remaining 5% can have both soul and soul. As a reader, I am also sorry that the male and female protagonists met so early, recognized each other so late, and got to know each other so hastily. But then I thought about it, maybe it was because it was too late and too hasty that their story is so touching. I tell readers, look, you are not afraid of being late when you have a good meal. Some golden winds and jade dews can win countless times in the world once they meet. As for the two characters Yun Niang and Xiang Lan, from the perspective of pure love and romance, they will inevitably not become a thorn in the flesh, but if you think about it carefully, it is also the tragedy of the times. Both General Pusan and Monk Chen are heroes in troubled times, but they are also heroes shaped by the times. The four female characters surrounding the emotional entanglement between them are indeed victims of the times if you think about it carefully. Yun Niang's talent and loyalty to her motherland, Princess Xing's infallibility and dignity, Xianglan's courage and chastity in love, and Wan Yanning are exquisite characters. In any era when wars have ceased, even if it is not a modern era where men and women are relatively equal, they are all women who can achieve a stable and happy life on their own. Times are also destiny. Troubled times create heroes, but most beauties wither. Men can fight to the death and die for their country, but most women are looked down upon. However, in this novel, Monk Chen actually died partly of love, which I find very rare, and the arrangement is also very subtle. I mentioned earlier that the male and female protagonists in this book are all three well-rounded and soulful characters, so the author has chosen the characters well, and the plot develops automatically with the flesh and blood of the characters. Without Monk Chen's bravery as a general, there would be no hatred of the Mongolian army, and he would naturally be able to get out of Junzhou. However, the plot and people complement each other, resulting in him being "forced" to fight to the death and die in love. This is so subtle. I wrote a lot of good and bad things eloquently, but in short it is a very good article. I really enjoyed reading it. Thank you to the author for such a good article.