The Biography of Huan Xuan

This book connects the legendary life of Huan Xuan from his birth to the omen of destiny, his forbearance and dormancy, his pursuit of power in the Central Plains, to his usurpation of the Jin Dynasty and his defeat. It not only contains the intrigues of the court and the thrilling battles on the battlefield, but also has the historical inevitability of the rise and fall of the gentry and the profound description of the good and evil of human nature. It also uses popular colloquial expressions, vivid characterizations and compact plots to reproduce the magnificent historical picture of the decline of the clans and the troubled times in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty.