Inkstone Lamp

In the last years of the Dayin Dynasty, the vassal towns were divided, martial men were in power, and the millennium of culture was in ruins. The aristocratic family monopolized the orthodoxy of the literary tradition, the warriors massacred the literati and burned all the classics, and the Mo Ran Sect distorted the literary tradition with sorcery. In troubled times, pen and ink became the most powerful and sharpest thing. The young Su Yan was an orphan from a poor literary family. His parents died tragically because they were hiding forbidden books. He was left with only an ancestral inkstone and half a damaged copy of The Analects of Confucius. He made a living by copying books at the ferry in Qingxi Town. He even ate without food, and refused to write even a single crooked word or say anything against his will. He accepted death and stayed true to his original intention, firmly believing that "a scholar has right and wrong in his writings and a light in his heart." In the ups and downs of troubled times, he accidentally got involved in the disputes between feudal towns, aristocratic families and evil cultivators. He entered Taoism through writing, determined right and wrong with his pen, and corrected people's hearts through writing books. From the copyist guarding an inkstone to the lamplighter protecting the scattered cultural heritage, he step by step guarded the original light of the scholars who refused to extinguish it in the chaotic world of swords and swords. A lamp beside the inkstone can illuminate the ancient texts and uphold the principles of the world.