Cardinals in Red Makeup: the Moment They Rewrote History

In the long river of history, there are always some names that have been written repeatedly - emperors, generals, counselors, heroes. Behind them, and even in front of them, there are a group of women, some holding power in the court, some strategizing in the curtains, some shocking the world with their talents, some standing up for their integrity. They are not footnotes to history, but history itself. This book selects one hundred women from ancient times to the Qing Dynasty, using them as the protagonists to reconstruct the legends that have been mentioned in official history or deliberately hidden. Each chapter is an independent life, and a hundred stories connected together form a different kind of Chinese history. Here you will see: A woman likes to wear armor and go on expeditions, commanding thousands of armies as a queen; Zhong Wuyan uses the appearance of an ugly girl to govern the country; Princess Jieyou married Wusun and changed the territory of the Western Regions in fifty years; Empress Dowager Feng single-handedly supported the century-old foundation of the Northern Wei Dynasty; In the midst of strife in the palace, Shangguan Wan'er used her literary talent to establish herself; Qin Liangyu is the only female general who has been independently passed down in the Twenty-Four Histories... They are not flawless symbols, but flesh and blood people. They will be afraid, hesitant, painful, and aging, but it is in these fragility that they show resilience that transcends the times. Using official history as the bones, interpretation as the flesh and blood, and the times as the stage - you can immersively experience the aesthetics, customs, architecture, costumes, and etiquette of each dynasty, and feel the breath and heartbeats buried by time.