A Thousand Songs
千宋
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Alternate History
- Updated
- 15y ago
- English
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Back then, there probably weren't comment sections, but I have to say that *Thousand Songs* is the most insightful alternate history novel I've ever read. The protagonist, neither emperor nor powerful minister, changes many things from the perspective of a businessman. Although it incorporates some of Xia Zong's pragmatic values, it's undeniably brilliantly written. (By the way, Xia Zong has never been good at naming things...)
This is the book I enjoyed the most and still wanted more of. I don't like this ending; it felt rushed. But I like this ending.
I'm speechless. You guys went to the Song Dynasty, do you understand what fiction is? Do you understand what a novel is? With such high cultural level, go write a novel, go to a forum like Baijiahao. This isn't the Records of the Grand Historian, nor is it the Zizhi Tongjian. It's just a time-travel novel set in an alternate history.
Reading this book always reminds me of Thief Sanchi's Royal Entertainment Guide, it's really great.
Xia's business novels are all pretty good. His historical novels, however, are nothing to write home about. There's absolutely no sense of immersion, and he's even thinking about running away from his wedding -.- First, he's disrespectful to his elders; second, he's unfaithful to his fiancée; third, he's disloyal to the law. 😒 Just think about what will happen to his fiancée after he runs away from the wedding, tsk tsk.
I've read 28 chapters, and it's all about dealing with women.
My impression is that shrimp are ABCs (American-born Chinese). The Devil, Security, Thief Cop, and a few other books, not to mention online game-related ones, including Rotten. Speaking of Qian Song, I don't ask you to be patriotic, I only ask you to be realistic.
Those who nitpick probably don't even know what the author's name means.
Why are you taking this novel so seriously? Why don't you take the time travel part seriously? Why would someone time travel? If you like history, go to the library.
The author's basic historical knowledge is terrible. Your writing level is worse than if you had completely fabricated a dynasty. If you're going to write about the Song Dynasty, you can't afford to get some of the fundamental facts about it wrong.