The Grand Tang Stage Awaits: Come If You Dare!

In the Zhenguan era, the winds of change stirred in Chang'an.

Cui Jinyuan, a son pushed to the margins of his family, was little more than an insignificant footnote in the genealogy of the Boling Cui clan.

Then an accident brought him here, carrying the wisdom and ideas accumulated by countless people a thousand years in the future. He stepped into this magnificent empire, where under its golden splendor, powerful undercurrents roiled.

"If heaven and earth are a blank sheet, then I shall take up the brush and paint."

He said it, and he did it.

By the Luo River, bamboo shavings and straw became scrolls, and reports spread far and wide, carrying the people's voices across the land;

Beside the Grand Canal, he used numbers to measure and set standards, cutting Chang'an's grain prices in half and earning praise from nobles and commoners alike;

On the battlefield, he used war-game simulations to overturn convention, deploying units to seize key positions and helping his friend forge a distinguished military career;

Outside the palace walls, he founded a school for women, so that women across the realm could also chart the stars.

At court, he could use data to defeat powerful ministers in debate;

In the martial world, he could share wine and laughter with skilled artisans;

It seemed there wasn't a field in which he couldn't make waves.

Yet whenever he faced towering figures whose names would go down in history, like Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, and Cheng Yaojin, and especially when that eternal emperor fixed him with a scrutinizing gaze, Cui Jinyuan always grew nervous and broke into a cold sweat. He clasped his hands and said:

"I am unworthy, unworthy! This humble official is merely... well, a little bolder than most."

The stage of the glorious Tang is yours. If you've got guts, step up! If not, stand aside!

[The Great Tang Partners: The Main Cast]

Cui Jinyuan:

He's just a "lucky man" standing on the shoulders of giants, currently serving as the Great Tang's chief "project manager."

Project name: Make the Great Tang just a little bit brighter!

Deadline: Within his lifetime!

Cui Hanzhang:

The beloved daughter of the Boling Cui clan, a prodigy in astronomy and mathematics, graceful in manner and brimming with talent.

She writes the movements of the heavens into algorithms, and entrusts her tender heart, without reservation, to that young general.

Qin Lang:

A nephew of Qin Qiong, a brave young man from a military family, and a general with a hearty laugh.

His spear strikes like a dragon, and he is willing to defend the nation's frontier. By the soft light of evening, he is just as happy to roast a handful of warm chestnuts for the one he loves. Starlight and martial valor, meeting in a love that goes both ways.

The trio: One plans the big picture, one calculates every detail, and one provides steadfast support.

From Chang'an's Vermilion Bird Gate to the boundless sands of Qixi, they gradually carve their blueprint for the future into this great land.

A reader's guide:

Plausible historical research and reasonable imagination go hand in hand. Everything serves the story.

Come join us and help build the Great Tang!

The lights of Chang'an shine from a thousand homes, and the stage is set for you.

Everyone is the protagonist of their own life. Make this life, this glorious age, shine as brightly as it can!

Theme: History gives the future its history, and the future gives history its future