The Great Confucian Scholar of Early Tang

Are military generals getting worse with each generation? That's ridiculous! Li Jing and Su Dingfang, those early Tang generals, weren't ruthless figures who could massacre cities and destroy kingdoms? Could they really be compared to Zhao Yun or Xiang Yu?

Upon seeing the synopsis, I exclaimed, "Wow! Has this person read too much cheap, mass-produced literature, or too many fantasy novels?" The Shang Dynasty was supposed to be a society ruled by gods, where divination was performed before everything, and sacrifices were reserved for the upper echelons of society. It wasn't until the Zhou Dynasty that China was ruled by men, with the Duke of Zhou creating the *Zhou Li* (Rites of Zhou) to regulate etiquette and laws.

"After the Shang Dynasty, there were no more kings... What an amazing claim! So, in the oracle bone inscriptions, Heaven is referred to as the Emperor, and those who claim to be descendants of the Emperor aren't from the Shang Dynasty? And the abolition of slavery and human sacrifice—are all the oracle bone inscriptions unearthed at Yin Ruins fake?

The book is titled "The Great Confucian Scholar," but what does it involve? The main plot has gone astray.

Li Shimin appointed Qin Qiong as the chief constable? A military bigwig as a constable? What was he thinking!

Good heavens, isn't a human king the same as an emperor? The Yellow Emperor was an emperor, and the Shang Dynasty even considered their ancestor to be the Heavenly Emperor. Stop reading those prehistoric fantasy novels!

If you're going to copy a poem, please copy one that fits the protagonist's situation, or one that isn't too famous, otherwise it'll look really awkward.

In some places, although the rhythm is off, which the author clearly didn't notice, the verses themselves are fine. The poem describes a hunting expedition in Youzhou, and the second half is about Luo Cheng; however, many parts are foreshadowing elements set up by the author without being immediately explained. Don't criticize it so harshly. This book is categorized as fictional.

Is it really necessary to try and fit a prehistoric fantasy story framework into a historical novel? If it's a historical novel, it should be written in the context of real-world history, not by using a prehistoric fantasy story framework written by a modern author.

After some research, I learned that the Son of Heaven was created to be above human kings. In ancient times, or more specifically during the Zhou Dynasty, Heaven was also called the Emperor, or the Five Gods of the Five Directions, who were also known as the Five Emperors. I won't go into which ones they are, as I don't remember them all.