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This book tells the story of the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife Chacha (Yodo-kun). The protagonist of this book, Chacha, is the daughter of Oda Nobunaga's sister, Mrs. Aichi. When she was young, she experienced tragic events where the city was captured and her family was destroyed several times. When Xiaogucheng fell, his mother, Ashi, took Chacha and her two younger sisters, Achu and Xiaodu, to escape from the city. Soon after, her mother Aichi remarried, but she and her stepfather died at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Later, she was favored by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and became the concubine of the enemy who killed her mother. She became the concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the most powerful man in Japan, and gave birth to his heir Hideyori. However, Hideyoshi died of illness soon after, and the Toyotomi family lost the battle with the Tokugawa family for the world. Finally, Chacha and Hideyori committed suicide on the day of the fall of Osaka Castle.

The final masterpiece of Japanese literary master Yasushi Inoue's life won the Noma Prize for Literature and Art, and was hailed as a "little historical pearl". As a teacher, why did Confucius travel around the world? Confucius is like a vagabond, why can he attract so many fans? When did Confucius start to have the idea of ​​"governing the world"? How could Confucius stand out in such troubled times where the smoke of war and the collapse of rituals and music were ruined? Why did the Analects of Confucius become a required book for kings from generation to generation? Why can Confucius' thoughts become the "Bible" of the vast East for more than two thousand years? One question: What is the core secret of Confucius becoming "Confucius"?

After the demise of the Takeda family, Hayato Sakabe, who was originally a samurai of the Takeda family, came to serve as an official in the Akechi family, while his colleague Hyouta Todo joined the wild samurai group. On the other side, Ote Aranosuke, the Oda family's Hatamoto samurai, fell in love with Hayato's lover Chisato, but he also formed a fate with Hyouta's lover Miya. Among the love and hatred of these ordinary samurai, the biggest mystery in Japanese history, "The Incident at Honnoji Temple", has begun...

"Tian Ping Zhi Zhi" is the masterpiece of Yasushi Inoue's novels. Japan's Tianping period coincided with the prosperous Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. In order to find the eminent monk who gave the ordination, four young Japanese monks were not afraid of hardships and dangers and sent the Tang envoy to the west. Monk Rongrui and Monk Puzhao went through many twists and turns, and finally got the permission of the eminent monk Jianzhen to go eastward. The old monk Ye Xing, who had been in the Tang Dynasty for fifty years, also returned with them, bringing the scriptures he had spent his whole life copying. After five failed attempts to cross the sea, everyone experienced ups and downs in the rolling waves. Some died in a foreign land, or their souls returned to the sea. Even though Jianzhen was blind, he still did not change his original intention. He finally arrived in Japan on his sixth eastward journey and became a monk at Todaiji Temple in Nara, leaving an indelible mark on the development of the culture of the Tianping era.

Yasushi Inoue is a master of Japanese literature and a recipient of the Japanese Cultural Medal, an honor in the Japanese cultural community. "Dunhuang", "Loulan", "Confucius" and "Tian Ping Zhi Zhi" are the masterpieces of Inoue Yasushi's novels, which convey profound feelings about life and have far-reaching meaning. There are no emperors, generals or harem schemes in Yasushi Inoue's works. His focus is always on the backbone of Chinese culture and the classics passed down to future generations. Yasushi Inoue's writing is simple, profound, and poetic. He is good at expressing the desolate historical process with calm narratives, and he is also good at writing unknown little characters very vividly. As Zhu Tianxin said, "In the obscure historical materials that few people read, they are just two characters, a meaningless symbol, a small mustard seed in the long river of history. However, Inoue Yasushi gave them flesh and blood and soul again, making us feel fascinated and unforgettable when reading them more than a thousand years later."

The Japanese revere the Western Regions, and even today, the Western Regions still have great charm. Since I started writing novels - of course thanks to the baptism of the Western Regions I received during my student days, I have written several novels based on the history of the Western Regions. Such as "Dunhuang", "Loulan", "Flood", "Kunlun Jade", "People from a Foreign Land", etc. Since being invited to visit China many times, I have increasingly felt a temptation. I really want to see the stage where the novel I wrote is about. Now, I have finally arrived here - the place that has haunted me for more than forty years. This is the Western Region, this is the Silk Road.