This is a collection of fictional literature based on "History in the Dust", which re-gazing at the folds of Chinese civilization through the eyes of minor characters in six dynasties.
Qin Juan·"Zhe"
He is an unknown servant who pulls a carriage in Xianyang City. The foundation stone of Epang Palace bent his back, but on the night of the death of the First Emperor, he and his companions used their cracked hands to drag the secrets of Qin into the depths of Mount Li...
Tang Dynasty · "Tu Guang"
The knife of the meat shop in Xishi, Chang'an, has only learned two things in ten years: cutting open the throat bone of a lamb, and hiding the Persian gold coins left by Hu merchants. Until An Lushan's cavalry crushed the oil on the chopping board.
Song Dynasty · "Night Watch"
The sound of updates under the Bianliang Palace wall was his call. He has seen officials crying alone late at night, and palace maids stuffing love poems into the bones of lanterns. He has also had a girl he liked. On the night when the golden man broke into the city, he finally threw away the wooden clapper.
Ming Juan "Jian Chun Luo"
The most skillful tailor in Yingtian Mansion can mend the flaw in the dragon robe, but it cannot mend the blood edict hidden in my embroidery cloth after Emperor Jianwen disappeared. When King Yan's soldiers kicked open the door of the shop, he was biting off the last golden thread.
Qing Juan·"The Stage Tuberculosis"
The "Chunli Troupe" that Tianqiao Opera Troupe spent half his life supporting was burned to ashes by a fire on the day the Japanese army came over. And he knelt in the embers and suddenly laughed out loud
There are no legends of warriors, no machinations of princes and generals. Through the eyes of little people, I saw them bumping forward in the torrent of the times.
These ignored dust, put together, is the most authentic appearance of a dynasty.
Purpose: In the five thousand years of Chinese history, forgotten little people also deserve to have stories