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This book is compiled based on Lian Kuoru's oral version of "Eastern Han Dynasty" which was serialized in "Liyan Pictorial" in the 1930s. There are 56 chapters in the book, which tells the story of the late Western Han Dynasty, when Wang Mang killed the king and usurped the throne. Prince Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty raised troops in Nanyang, led General Yuntai to attack the city and restore the Han Dynasty;

This book is the oral storytelling secret book of Mr. Lian Kuoru, a famous storytelling master of the generation, compiled by Jia Jianguo and Lian Liru. There are ninety-nine chapters in the book, starting with Qin Qiong rescuing Li Yuan in Lintong Mountain and ending with the Xuanwu Gate Incident. This book repeatedly comes up with new ideas in details, such as why it is wrong for us to say "spend a knife for a friend", but should be "spare a knife for a friend"; and why did Pei Yuanqing take advantage of the golden embankment? Etc. The full text was originally serialized in a newspaper of the Republic of China, in traditional Chinese in vertical format. Now it has been re-punctuated, corrected and errors, and published in simplified Chinese in horizontal format, trying to preserve the authenticity of the original work.

This book includes six short and medium-length narrative stories, "Jing Zhong Shuo Yue", "Evil Tiger Village", "Evil Tiger Village", "Five Women Catching Orchids", "Three Beats of Han Tong" and "Xiaoyao King". Among them, "Xiaoyao Wang" is a continuation of "The Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty" and was written by Jia Jianguo and Lian Liru. "Jing Zhong Shuo Yue", "Evil Tiger Village", "Evil Tiger Village", "Five Women Catching Orchids" and "Three Strikes of Hantong" are all excavated and sorted out the secret scripts of the famous storytelling artist Lian Kuoru that were orally published in various newspapers and periodicals during the Republic of China. This book retains the writing style and colloquial characteristics of storytelling scripts, and adapts to the reading habits of today's readers. It is a collection of storytelling that appeals to both refined and popular tastes.

"The Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty" is the representative work of Mr. Lian Kuoru, a master of storytelling. It mainly tells the story of the founder of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, who led thirty-six Yuntai generals to attack Mang after Wang Mang usurped the throne at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. This publication is the complete version of "The Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty". With the help of Mr. Yu Peng of the National Library, "Continuing the Eastern Han Dynasty" which was serialized in "Drama News" was discovered (serialized from February 1 to September 18, 1941) and was compiled by Jia Jianguo, Lian Liru, and Yu Peng. One hundred thousand words have been added to the book, and "The Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty" is presented completely for the first time.