The Code of the Tang Dynasty: Deciphering the Dominoes of the Rise and Fall of the Tang Dynasty

The Y-chromosome of the Li family in Shiyan, Hubei, matches 97.2% Of the Zhaoling remains. The Li family in Xindu, Sichuan traces their origins to a branch of the royal family that fled the late Tang Dynasty. A family inscription engraved with "Zhong Yuan inherits the harbinger, and all generations will prosper forever" leads to a bloody regret that has been dusted for thousands of years. This is not a straightforward chronicle of the Tang Dynasty, but a hard-core textual research journey that uses cultural relics, genes, and ancient books to decipher the collapse of the dynasty. Opening the genealogy, when the mottled carvings of the statues of the officials in the Qianling Mausoleum meet the gene sequencing report, when the political motto of "Zhenguan Politicians" meets the eunuchs' abolition of the late Tang Dynasty - the code of the prosperous age is never in the emperor's hymns, but in the fragments of household registrations, overseas silver coins, and institutional cracks. Open this book and see how the Tang Dynasty slid step by step from the era of the Khans of Heaven to the end of Zhu and Wen's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty; moreover, see how the logic of the rise and fall of a thousand years ago can be reflected in the current wisdom of family, education, management and survival. In the three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, there is a code for the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty; understand this chess game and solve the thousand-year game!