If I Cannot Be Remembered for Ages

Famous words from Grand Marshal Huan Wen: If I can't leave a glorious name for all time, then I'll be infamous for all time.

Huan Wen, making a posthumous comeback: ...Let's just go with infamous for all time...

My name is Huan Wen.

I'm a famous handsome man, powerful official, and comedian of the Eastern Jin, as well as a regular guest in A New Account of the Tales of the World.

Compared with the powdered, pill-taking sissies of the Eastern Jin, I've spent twenty years focused on rebellion, making me a breath of fresh air among the dynasty's oddballs.

I may have failed in the end, but at least I can be reborn.

Oh, wait. It seems I didn't come back reborn, but transmigrated thirty years into the future, into my son's body...

The little boy who was crying in my arms just a moment ago has now followed in my footsteps and successfully rebelled.

So that means I can put on the imperial robes and claim the fruits of victory right away!

But looking at my son's crew of rebels, they don't seem very reliable. They're nowhere near as good as the people I had back then.

Thirty years have passed, and all those old friends who followed me through wars, offered counsel, and helped depose and install emperors are gone.

"Even the trees have grown old. How can a man bear it..."

My name is Xi Chao, courtesy name Jiabin.

I'm a famous handsome man, strategist, calligrapher, and comedian of the Eastern Jin.

My uncle by marriage is the renowned Wang Xizhi, and my cousin Wang Xianzhi and I don't get along at all.

I entered the Grand Marshal's household at twelve and served diligently for more than twenty years.

I handled military campaigns, supplies, and logistics. Even the Grand Marshal's business of deposing and installing emperors was something the two of us planned together.

Ah, my lord really can't manage without me.

Unfortunately, one misstep brought lasting regret. The Grand Marshal ultimately failed to ascend that supreme throne.

And I, the traitorous schemer with wolfish ambitions, could only die in lonely obscurity.

More than twenty years passed like a dream. I wake from it, and I...

Oh! I've transmigrated?!

Reading guide:

1. This is an alternate-universe historical story with lots of original worldbuilding and no concern for historical accuracy. The author writes for fun, so please read for fun too. Don't take it too seriously.

2. No CP. The two male leads share a deeply moving bond as lord and subject, father and son?, and brothers. Purely platonic.

Theme: Perseverance brings victory