The Rise and Fall of Crown Prince Zhaoming

This book takes real historical events as its central thread, covering the main storylines from an ordinary year through the death of Xiao Tong: the Southern Liang crown prince’s ordeal, Pei Sui’s northern campaign, the completion of the Selected Works of Zhaoming, Ding Guipin’s grave illness, the crown prince’s filial devotion, Chen Qingzhi of Southern Liang sweeping through Northern Wei with seven thousand troops, and the romance between Gu Shan and Hui Niang, among other real events from Southern Liang.