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It should be said that this is a work that Master Sanjie has reached another peak. Although in a sense, this fictional history work is a return to Master Sanjie's greatest comfort zone - the imperial examination, it can be seen from the lines that in the past few years, the author has not rested on his laurels, but has taken another step forward. In this work, Master Sanjie is incredibly familiar with the imperial examination system, ancient literature, the significance and contention of stereotypes, poetry, and even the Four Books and Five Classics in Chinese culture. It is this familiarity that makes this work exude a charm that surpasses all other works of the same type. Its sense of reality, sense of substitution, and the resulting cultural beauty can be said to be another peak of fictional historical works.
I read The Official Residence more than ten years ago, and then I read The Imperial Official. It turns out that the monk is still writing 😁 Come on, I caught up on this book and I really like it. It has the flavor of Shen Heigou back in the day.
The author who recently fell into the trap of multiple grand narratives
I do not deny that as a modern Chinese, whether writing novels or reading novels, there is nothing wrong with embedding modern grand narratives in historical online articles. However, I feel that going too far is not enough. There are too many events now, and there is less experience as a person in this changing environment. A good historical novel must revolve around big events and tell the environment. The environment affects the small people and small things, and the small people and small things are the emotions.
Has the author been to Gulin? The description of Chishui River is so realistic!
I'm from Gulin, and I suddenly felt so familiar when I read a novel describing my hometown. Erlang Town, Taiping Town, Gulin (that's Linzhou, Gulin means ancient Linzhou), Xuyong, and Tucheng. I feel so immersed in it. In fact, the whole of Gulin and Xuyong, although they are now part of Luzhou, But the customs and habits are more like those in Guizhou. The most typical ones are food, such as adzuki bean and pickled cabbage soup, cold folded ear root, and liking to drink soy sauce wine. These are obviously different from Luzhou, and so are the people's personalities. The aunt in the story really has the personality of the old family, carefree and thick-headed. When I was studying in Luzhou when I was a child, my classmates said that Gulin had a colorful population, spoke loudly and aggressively when opening and closing their mouths. In fact, most of the time they were either swearing or a habit developed by hundreds of years of Han and Yi people living together. This habit was most obvious among children before 90 years ago. Wumeng Mountain is very large and beautiful, but also very dangerous. There are man-eating leopards and bears, bandits, and water suitable for wine-making, anti-alcoholic and liver-protecting herbs. People in the mountains fight against the sky, the earth, and tigers, leopards, and wolves. In this environment, they have developed the habit of eating meat in a big bowl and drinking in a big bowl, enjoying themselves in time, and being upright and straightforward. When I was a child, my father-in-law (that is, my grandfather) would take him to the Miao market (going to the market is to go to the market). It was very lively and the Miao people would go to the market together in their national costumes. The Miao compatriots would bring rare goods from the mountains to participate, including tiger bones, tiger teeth, leopard skins, etc., Which are not usually seen. Haha, when I was a kid, I was short and followed the adults. There were many people, and my height was right up to other people's butts. I didn't know how many farts I had to smell after a show. Every time I came back from the show, I would complain about how bad it smelled. But I still want to go next time. It was really interesting, but it's gone now. I used to think that Gulin was a remote little place, but after reading, I learned that the Red Army crossed Chishui four times here. From March 16 to 17, the Red Army crossed Chishui three times from Maotai Town and entered Gulin, Luzhou. They attacked Zhenlong Mountain and pretended to attack Gulin City. From March 21st to 23rd, the Red Army crossed Chishui from Taipingdu, Jiuxikou and Erlangtan in Gulin. Today I saw another novel about Gulin, so I was inspired to post this long book review. All book friends laughed. (I forgot to mention that I am from Longshan Town, Gulin County. Longshan Town was called Zhenlongshan in ancient times and was a military town in ancient times) Hahaha, Langjiu Factory must be interested in this novel
In terms of story ability, character creation ability and writing style, Sanchi's elegance is still a god forever, and the author still has some historical skills.
Or the Three Precepts will hurt people, send the wrong chapter, and just make up for it. It's the same as an elbow. I'm sick today, I'm sick tomorrow, I'm going to have a lawsuit with my relatives the day after tomorrow, and I'm tired the day after tomorrow. Anyway, I have to ask for leave, and I'll make up for it tomorrow... I never pay back the debt, I just delete the leave note.
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If the author is diligent in speaking thousands of words every day, the traitor will be afraid to retreat, and the gentleman will be happy. This merit is enough to be praised by Yao and Shun! I heard that a calf was born in a sheep prison. It grows and walks like a sheep. Is it not appropriate for you to be at the starting point and always control the keyboard, but lose the interest of renewal? The prosperity of the starting point is due to the inheritance of ancestors' rituals and skills. Without it, the pressure will not be relieved, but it will lead to fatigue. Is it necessary to abandon the original and chase the end? If this doesn't happen, disaster will surely come! The reason why Bai Jin has tens of thousands of assets and is not harmed by villains is because he is willing to listen to the words of a gentleman; he gets nothing when he goes out on the street, and even looks down on his girlfriend, because he is a traitor and a sycophant. May you ponder the difference! One person can cry bitterly for the author, and six people can breathe a sigh of relief for the author. Since ancient times, many words and words have been used to express emotions, but if they are not passionate, they will not be able to express the intention of the person taking action. Exciting words are close to slander. The author is thinking about the rights and wrongs of this matter! The authors of those who missed the update, delayed the update, and missed the update did not hurt themselves, and they were all lost in the vast literary flow, leaving only those who came after them to be sentimental about them;
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Ask the master for help!
Master, you are well versed in ancient and modern times and are very talented and wise. Please help me. My surname is Xu. On February 3, 2026, the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yisi Snake Year, I was blessed with twin baby girls. I had been thinking about their names for a long time, but I never came up with a suitable one. Well, the requirement is three words, grand, not too feminine, like Huang E. Please help me pin it to the top for everyone to see.
Why is this kind of pretentious historical article so popular?
What about Xianxia? I still like your unruly look
I can't read many of the books that top the list, and I can't stand the writing style of Xiaobai, but my grades are very good. Monk's writing skills are good, but his grades are not good. Is it my problem or most people's problem?
I don't understand what's so cool about writing such a female protagonist. You have already shown so much talent, but in the end, you still have to fight for and work hard to get a wife. What is the point of making such twists and turns? Just to win a wife from a talented man in history? By marrying Yang Shen's wife in history, it is really low-key to overpower the other party or to show off something. I don't understand why it is set like this, and I don't understand why it has to be written like this. I also don't understand why the protagonist, an adult time-traveler, ended up falling in love with a little girl for less than a hundred hours in total, to the point where he couldn't help but marry her. To be honest, the emotional line is written like this, which is really low. I didn't even feel why this heroine was deeply in love, nor did I see what the charm of this heroine was.
Because some of the details are quite modern and cannot be brought into the atmosphere of a historical novel, and the more you read, the less interesting it becomes. A novel with such a high monthly ticket price is like this, and historical novels are dead.
It can be rated as 9.6 Points when it is written as the number one scholar, it can be rated as 9.2 Points or more when it is written before Liu Liu's rebellion, and it is 8 points now.
If the protagonist does not become the emperor, then the protagonist must carry out comprehensive changes that limit the emperor's rights. It is useless if the protagonist just copies the technology of later generations and adds a few reforms. If a country wants to produce a large number of original inventions and creations, it must carry out systematic changes in ideological foundation, political structure, legal system, social forces and other aspects. The reason why Britain was the first to enter the Industrial Revolution is that after experiencing the ideological changes of the European Renaissance, coupled with the British Glorious Revolution of 1688, the king's rights were further restricted. Britain established the framework of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law, and the bourgeoisie, the new aristocracy, and the king formed a check and balance, which allowed British civilians to gain unprecedented freedom. At this time, the degree of freedom of scholars, craftsmen, and farmers in Britain was higher than that of other European countries at the same time, and it was far more liberal than the civilians of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. The high degree of freedom of all British civilians fully inspired everyone's strength. The power of the Chinese emperor was not greatly restricted, and all officials, gentry and landlords were dependent on the imperial power. The freedom of civilians, who account for the vast majority of the country's population, is too low. This system inhibits innovation and hinders social development. China's Zhou Dynasty was a feudal system, and the central government could not control much of the local princes' affairs. The princes competed with each other. During this period, Chinese civilization truly allowed a hundred flowers to bloom. Most of the essence of Chinese civilization came from this period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Mo Jing" recorded the principles of optics and mechanics, and the germination of geometry had emerged; the "Gan Shi Xing Jing" recorded astronomical observation data. The institutional innovation of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods stagnated after the Qin and Han Dynasties, lacking the ability to dynamically adjust. Since the Qin Dynasty, especially since the Han Dynasty deposed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, Chinese civilization has almost stood still and entered a dead end. The Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were similar to the ancient systems of most European countries. They were all feudal systems. Even in successive years of war, less than 10% of the country's total population died directly or indirectly as a result of the war. But from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, every dynasty would kill half or more of the country's population due to war! What is even more tragic is that every time the dynasty changes, the system and civilization have almost no progress!
Author, wake up! No one wants to see the main character fall in love!
Collect your experience of playing galgame The protagonist is a time traveler, so he has no grasp of the historical process There is no sense of historical mission of a time traveler If you don't pass exams and engage in politics, how can you fall in love?
Procrastination
After reading two hundred chapters, the plot didn't even advance the scholar's reputation. It was awesome all day long, from the old academy to the new academy, from academy rankings to falling in love. The words were stinky and long, topsy-turvy, over and over again. The list of historical novels is really useless.
As I write, I go astray.
First of all, let's be clear. Before taking the county examination, the overall appearance of the book was still a serious historical text. All aspects of the arrangement were very reasonable, and the protagonist also had a clear direction of progress. It had the inherent nurturing advantages of the imperial examination text, and it was very serious and exciting to read. From the time I took the county examination, I wrote long classical Chinese essays with all kinds of praise and exclamation. The character image and personality began to collapse, and began to slide into daily-oriented cool writing. It's not that you can't write like this, but the writing method in the early stage attracted a group of people who came to read the book. Readers who like textual research and serious historical texts, and then you change your writing style and write about the people and events of the Ming Dynasty into a modern family carnival in the skin of the ancients. Anyway, I skipped reading, and then I saw that if you won the first prize and did not go to the Hanlin Academy, you would do the Dragon and Tiger Class, and I didn't know what you were writing about? Totally playing single player games. I say this because I was very immersed in the early reading and was happy to find a good book. Later I saw that the protagonist was invincible in his career. He had no idea what he was doing when he entered the officialdom. He had no ambition to serve the people and only had the sophistication and tact of traveling around the world. Alas! No matter what I think of, I feel a little sad and unhappy.
Suddenly I was a little curious. In ancient times, a family of 10 people only had 10 acres of land. How could they survive on the land? They can't survive even now, right?
Su Tai, with his dragon, Zhang and phoenix looks, is of noble nature, and his literary skills and martial arts are the best among all the heroes.
I'm more curious, if there is no difference between a person and the ancients, why should he write about time travel instead of writing about the indigenous people directly?
Let's all learn idioms together
I wish you all a successful career and a happy family. The beginning is: to be the best
The novel Zhuang Yuan Lang is very suitable for being remade into a historical drama. There is too little Ming Dynasty historical drama in China.
I have read more than 40 chapters of this novel, and it is well written. I am worthy of being a veteran history master. The writing style is really good, and all kinds of historical allusions can be found at a glance. The humanistic introduction to the Ming Dynasty is also very clear. The pictures are so lifelike that it makes people feel like they have really traveled back to the Ming Dynasty. This novel is very suitable for being adapted into a TV series, especially a historical drama with a large investment. There is really a lack of such Ming Dynasty historical dramas in China. If the novel Zhuang Yuan Lang is remade into a historical drama, it will definitely become popular across the country and become a hit IP. There is a serious lack of historical dramas of this type in the domestic market. If they are filmed, they will definitely become popular.
I see a tendency to become a stallion
When I saw 854, there was a tendency to mutate Ma Wen, so I didn't subscribe to it later. The author wants to write about a male protagonist who has innovative ideas and wants to divide his land from rich people. His wife is pregnant and wants to take a concubine. In ancient times, decent people would not take concubines unless they were heirs. What's more, suppressing annexation is in conflict with concubinage itself. For a woman in ancient times, there were no good contraceptive methods and she got married relatively early. It was normal for a woman to have five or ten children in her lifetime. Even if she died in infancy, in most cases, she would leave three or five children. Having more children costs money, so if you don't want to have too much trouble, you have to hire someone to take care of them. The backwardness of productivity in ancient times, although not to the extent that a man who did not farm would suffer from hunger or a woman who did not weave or suffer from cold, was still the source of cruel exploitation. Get a lot of women and give birth to many children. It is difficult to support them with a normal income. The quality of the servants is relatively poor. There are too many children and they have no energy to take care of them. They are raised in the hands of nannies and servants. Most of them have worrying psychological and educational levels. The probability of producing unworthy children and children with poor quality is higher. In addition, in ancient times, more girls were abandoned when encountering troubles, and the ratio of men to women was more likely to be imbalanced. In addition, women had high risks and high mortality during childbirth. In ancient times, if someone took more concubines, more people would be unable to marry and start a family, which would become a factor of social instability. As a modern time traveler, you will know this truth. I always think that if I don't take concubines in time, I will suffer a loss. If I want to be a dandy, I shouldn't write an article on the reform of the imperial examination. I don't know what the author is thinking. He said that if the male protagonist works hard, he will be tired. He is not satisfied with marrying a fairy wife and wants to be a stallion.
After arriving in the capital, why did all the good villains' IQs drop drastically? It was as if the bad guys had become cute, like children playing house. Has the author changed and completely evolved from a rigorous and ancient style to a refreshing style? The readers attracted by the previous style of writing are really not used to it!
It is easy to write the history of the Ming Dynasty into some parts of the braided drama of the Qing Dynasty❗
"Slaves": Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty called themselves "slaves". "Emperor": The Ming Dynasty rarely called the emperor this way, but it was commonly used in the Qing Dynasty. "son": The Ming Dynasty princes did not call themselves this in front of the emperor. "Aiqing": Before the Qing Dynasty, emperors rarely called officials this way. "Memorial, Zhezi": This only appeared in the Qing Dynasty. Although it is the same document as the memorial, the difference is huge. "Futai, Fantai, Niantai": These are the names of the Qing Dynasty. Those with "Tai" were all commonly used in the Qing Dynasty, and were rarely used in the Ming Dynasty. "Master": In the Ming Dynasty, only top nobles and first- and second-rank officials were allowed. State and county officials were not called "Master". "Sir": In the Ming Dynasty, it was only used for first- and second-rank officials, nobles, and elders of the father's generation. Prefecture and county officials below the third or fourth rank are not called adults. "Prince": In the Ming Dynasty, people rarely addressed princes as "Prince". This was commonly used in the Qing Dynasty. "My King": This was also a self-proclaimed name only in the Qing Dynasty. "Bank Notes": Only available in the mid-Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, only money orders circulated among local acquaintances. "Greetings": Etiquette among officials and bannermen in the Qing Dynasty. This etiquette did not exist in the Ming Dynasty. "Eunuch": In the Ming Dynasty, only senior eunuchs had official positions, and ordinary eunuchs were called chamberlains. Only in the Qing Dynasty did all eunuchs be collectively called eunuchs. "Our family": Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty called themselves "I" to their subordinates, not our family. "Military Gate": the name used in the Qing Dynasty to address generals such as admirals. In the Ming Dynasty, civil officials such as governors and governors were called governors. "Kneeling Ceremony": Ming Dynasty officials temporarily knelt down when presenting to the emperor and stood up immediately after the ceremony. Subordinates do not easily bow down to superior officials. In the Qing Dynasty, emperors often knelt down to listen for a long time, and subordinates also generally knelt down and knelt down when meeting their superiors. There are also many words commonly used by banner people after the Qing Dynasty: Leave here, leave, errand, be on errand, return errand, master, reward some future, dare to love, grace,... Come,... Have to panic , ye, persuade, weigh, send, dawdle, get rid of, we, laoshizi, fragrant pastry, alley, see the sky, noon, bashful, scold, wait to see, place, arrange, useless, shameless, cool, estimate , to be boring, to be quick, to protect one's shortcomings, to be useless, to be bad, to be accurate, to be blind, to be coincidental, to be ordinary, today, tomorrow, yesterday, the sun, to care for oneself, to be a follower, to scold, to be happy, toss, to make do, to miss, to think about. Nagging, seeing, hitting a snag... {"NickName":"Supervision and Restriction","UserId":406440657}