Joking About Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty

This book adheres to the core concept of "History has never passed, it just changed its way, waiting for you to meet on the next page." It is strictly based on authoritative official histories such as "Notes on Entrepreneurship and Daily Life of the Tang Dynasty", "Old Book of Tang", "New Book of Tang" and "Zizhi Tongjian". According to the book, it resolutely abandons the jokes of unofficial history, palace secrets and facial expression narratives, uses the vernacular to tell the official history, uses humor to dissolve the heavyness, uses novels to restore vivid characters, and completely presents the entire epic of the Tang Dynasty from its rise to its fall in 289 years. The book takes time as its context and characters as its core. It is divided into eight volumes and covers the entire period of the Tang Dynasty! We do not pile up boring historical materials, nor do we write cold chronological accounts. Here, all historical figures are no longer flat symbols in history books: you will see the decisive Li Shimin, who will also stay up all night because of fratricide; you will understand Wu Zetian's ruthless tactics, and you will also understand her loneliness and helplessness when she climbed to the top alone; you will witness Li Longji's creation of a prosperous age You will follow Li Bai's footsteps to see the mountains and rivers of Tang Dynasty, and accompany Du Fu in his hut to lament the destruction of his family and country; you will admire Guo Ziyi's loyalty and wisdom when he was ordered to face danger, and you will also see clearly An Lushan's monstrous ambition hidden under his simple and honest appearance. This book not only tells historical stories, but also uses a modern perspective to dismantle the underlying logic of the power game, interpret the inevitable laws of the rise and fall of dynasties, restore the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty when all nations came to the dynasty, and analyze the eternal propositions of system and human nature. Even if you have never read official history, you can easily understand and enjoy it. You can understand a real, complete, and flesh-and-blood Tang Dynasty with laughter and emotion.