A Glimpse into the Wei and Jin Dynasties

Preface: Lies and Cracks in History History books say that the Wei and Jin Dynasties were characterized by character, metaphysical talk, Guangling Sanjue, and swaying the tail. They say that celebrities lie drunk in bamboo groves, laugh proudly at princes, and live real and free lives. They are lying to you. I've met those "celebrities". I have seen them pick at their own skin with their nails until blood drips from them when no one is around, as if they want to tear off an invisible layer of skin. I have heard them make low, wet growls from their throats late at night that are definitely not human. The "character" recorded respectfully by the historians has an inhuman smell between the lines. That era was sick. He had been ill for so long that everyone thought that delirium during high fever was the norm, and that the abscesses all over the earth were regarded as blooming flowers. The sky cracked. That's not a celestial phenomenon, that's the truth. It had always been there, watching impassively as the land transformed step by step into a giant, man-eating tomb. The emperor, the powerful officials, the army, the law... Are just the twisted and swaying shadows it casts. And I, Wang Nuer, a "slave" who was supposed to be eaten by my parents, made into a herbal medicine, and buried in an unknown mass grave, but because of a betrayal, I was lucky enough to see the crack and see... The reality behind the shadow. Now, I will lift off this veil of warmth for you. Be careful not to spit it out.