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The whole book takes history as its backbone, characters and events as its latitude, and the "marriage between two generations" of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Zhu Gui'er, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Yuhuan as the general framework. From the beginning of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty when he launched an army to attack Chen, to the death of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty in Sichuan, it records the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties for more than 170 years. Its main content consists of three parts: the first is the palace story of the late Sui Dynasty with Emperor Yang and Zhu Gui'er as the central characters; the second is the story of the "heroes of troubled times" such as Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and Cheng Yaojin who rebelled against the Sui Dynasty; the third is the palace story of the Tang Dynasty before and after the "Anshi Rebellion" with Emperor Ming of Tang and Concubine Yang as the central characters.

"The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" describes the history of more than 170 years from the time when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty launched his army to attack Chen to the time when Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty returned to Sichuan and died. It is a masterpiece of historical novels of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The content focuses on describing palace life and chivalrous legendary stories of heroes in troubled times. The plot is vivid, interesting and extremely attractive. After the publication of "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", it has been widely circulated and has become an influential and handed down masterpiece among similar novels. It is deeply loved and welcomed by the broad masses of the people.

This book is based on the historical events of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and uses the romantic story of the reincarnation lovers of Sui Yang, Zhu Gui'er and Tang Minghuang and Yang Yuhuan as the framework to describe the history of more than 170 years from the time when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty launched an army to attack Chen to the death of Emperor Minghuang of the Tang Dynasty. It tells the heroic legends of Qin Qiong, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Luo Cheng and others who fought against the Sui Dynasty and revived the Tang Dynasty. It describes the scandals about Emperor Jingchang's palace and the love affair between Tang Xuanzong's imperial concubines, as well as Tang Taizong Li Shimin's acceptance of the anti-Sui heroes, the Xuanwumen's murder of his brother to seize power, and the creation of the martial arts and culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is a long chapter-length novel with dual characteristics of heroic legend and historical romance written by Chu Renhuo, a writer in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It has a total of twenty volumes and one hundred chapters. Regarding the writing time of "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Lu Xun believed that it was written in the 14th year of Kangxi (1675). The earliest extant printed version is the Sixue Caotang version in the 34th year of Kangxi (1695).