I Was in the Song Dynasty, and My Writing Shocked the World

The elegance of the Song Dynasty is half hidden in the words; the romance of the ages is all condensed in the tip of the pen. This novel is based on hundreds of poets from the Song Dynasty and short stories as its veins. It hides the vivid figures of the literati in the smooth rhythm. Here is Su Shi's vigor and open-mindedness, dredging the West Lake, personally testing the medicine, and writing "I will live my whole life in the mist and rain" in the ups and downs; there is Wang Anshi's stubbornness and sincerity, reforming to become stronger, retreating to the fields, and persisting for half his life to become a thousand people. There are ancient sighs; there is Li Qingzhao's gentleness and tenacity, from the worries in the boudoir to the wandering in troubled times, he weeps and expresses the feelings of his family and country; there is also the dissolute and affectionate Liu Yong, who sings and murmurs all the fireworks in the market and the frustrations of life. They were all scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty. They cared deeply about their family and country, but their respective circumstances were different. Some had a successful official career, some were displaced, some were attached to the mountains and rivers, or some stayed true to their original aspirations. Every short story is a microcosm of a poet's life; every line of words is a vivid mark of a period of time. The language is popular and not obscure, and the story is vivid and warm. It takes off the heavy cloak of history and uses words that are easy for the common people to understand. It tells the joys and sorrows, the character and perseverance behind the poet, connecting the elegance and vicissitudes of the entire Song Dynasty, so that every ordinary person can understand the life in Song poetry and understand the warmth and tenderness of the literati of the Song Dynasty.