Yang Zongbao, the Unparalleled National Scholar

Empress Dowager Xiao, the heroic female of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and Li Yuanhao, the heroic hero of the Western Xia Dynasty, with their iron horses and golden swords, recited heroic epics that swept the world. Worried about the world, Fan Zhongyan was ordered to write lyrics for Liu Sanbian, and the civil servants and wise men performed scenes of the literary grace of the prosperous Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty, a dynasty with a very literati temperament, a dynasty with weak diplomacy but splendid culture, achieved unprecedented civilization in ancient China in an era when martial arts by ethnic minorities became popular. How did Yang Zongbao, a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, support the backbone of the nation and forge the glory of the prosperous age in that era?