The Tang Dynasty’s Music Examiner

How about a few romantic and talented scholars? The one with the grand and imposing presence, with its emotional entanglements with several female supporting characters, combined with the author's mastery of classical Chinese, really felt right—it had the feel of old-fashioned opera scripts. Writing a single female lead in a historical novel is difficult; the romantic elegance of the Tang Dynasty, with its poetry, wine, beautiful women, generals, and talented scholars, is indispensable.

Some people say that Wu Zetian returned power to the Li family, but when did she do that? Wasn't it the Li family that seized power back through the Shenlong Coup?

I don't understand whether the protagonist wants to usurp the Tang throne and become emperor or to rule the world. If the protagonist's intention was to help the king seize the throne and become the prime minister, the text repeatedly hints at his rebellious nature and reveals his disdain for the royal family. If he usurped the Tang throne and became emperor:

This book is definitely inferior to the author's previous works. The plot is dragging, padded out, lacks exciting moments, has a narrow scope, and the main storyline is unclear. I've given up on it.

I was disgusted when I read Chapter 36. All that effort at the beginning was to escape the main family and avoid disaster. They could have just left, but they dragged it out, only to be betrayed by the main family's stepmother, leading to their family's capture. Now they're about to plunge headlong into this mess again. It's just pure sand.

The author's books are well-researched and erudite, but their excessive literary style makes them difficult to read. It's a mistake to realize that no matter how many quotations you use, it's still a novel, and poor readability will inevitably hinder its success.

It's over 500 chapters and you're still writing disgusting stuff. Are readers paying money to be disgusted?

This book could be renamed "The Great Tang Dynasty Troublemaker." The title, "The Musician," only gets its true meaning revealed after a million words, then it's only briefly touched upon in less than ten chapters before being quickly skipped over again, with more trouble brewing. So, brother, does this book even have a central theme?

My first impression was that the author has a strong command of classical Chinese. Throughout the text, classical and vernacular Chinese are interspersed, creating a rhythmic and aesthetically pleasing reading experience. In other words, the dialogue is particularly charming, and its beauty would be lost if rendered in standard vernacular Chinese.

Author, this book is over a million words long now, and you still haven't clearly explained the main plot. Is it a traitor rising to power, or a hero turning the tide and becoming the savior of the Tang Dynasty? There's no clear hint. Without a clear theme, how can there be any long-term anticipation?