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Withered Epiphyllum: the Rise and Fall of the Xinmang Dynasty

Snowy Taoyuan

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The author focuses on writing from the first year of Han Yuan Emperor Liu Shi Jingning (33 BC) to the fourth year of Emperor Di Huang (23 AD) when Wang Mang was killed. In total, he describes Wang Mang's ups and downs in politics for about fifty-six years. Based on the records of traditional official history, combined with unofficial history, notes, anecdotes and folklore, the author describes the main experiences of Wang Mang's life in detail. Using his bloody imperial journey as the main line, the author depicts the contradictory and complicated history of inner struggle of Wang Mang's life, and also depicts his inner wandering and struggle between ideals and reality.