Inscribed Gate Valve

In the 17th year of Taihe, on the eve of the relocation of the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the most dramatic turning point of national integration in Chinese history occurred. On one side was Emperor Xiaowen's grand plan of Sinicization reform, on the other side was the desperate resistance of the old nobles of Xianbei. The four surnames of the Han people stood at the center of the storm. The honor and disgrace of family status depended only on the imperial power. Lin Yan, a master of modern archeology, traveled through the collapse of the Northern Wei Dynasty tombs in Mangshan. Starting from the desperate situation of a robbery, he stepped into this magnificent era through the identity of Lu Yan, the missing legitimate son of Fan Yanglu's family. He has seen the epitaphs and inscriptions unearthed fifteen hundred years later, read the classics and documents lost in the dust of history, is well aware of the glory of Taihe's restructuring, and also foresees the catastrophe of the Six Towns Rebellion. From completing a ruined stele and becoming famous in one battle, to revising the genealogy of the world's nobles and taking control of the family line; from uncovering the conspiracy to steal the imperial tomb, to marching south with the army to determine the territory of Huainan; from the impostor who just wanted to survive in troubled times, to the Situ of the Northern Wei Dynasty who single-handedly protected the cultural heritage and healed the national rifts. Using a rubbing as a knife and a thousand years of experience as a shield, he carved his own path in the chess game of the clan and the intrigues of the court. All the contents of the official system, etiquette, genealogical documents, and inscriptions in this article are strictly compared with the "Book of Wei" and the cultural relics unearthed in the Northern Wei Dynasty to restore the most authentic situation in Luodu during the Taihe period.