Dreaming Back to the Tang Dynasty: a Reading Guide to the Glorious Ages

In various works, the image of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty is not prominent, but when we study history carefully and remove the layers of fog left by the years, we will find a completely different Li Zhi. This book follows the footsteps of history and details the growth experience, family background, political career, historical achievements of Tang Gaozong, a key figure in the changes in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the grievances and resentments between him and Wu Zetian, and strives to restore a relatively real Li Zhi and the Tang court and social conditions under his rule.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was great chaos, and heroes from all over the country rose up to cede territory and claim kingship. However, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty continued to be dissolute and dissolute, and the only thing in his heart was the Taoist classic "Secret of Immortality". Unexpectedly, this unreadable book was unexpectedly snatched away by two Yangzhou street gangsters who were struggling to make ends meet. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling went from being unknown to shaking up the world, from running around to competing for the world, and with their natural talents and luck, they finally became unparalleled great masters and changed the entire course of history...

"The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is a masterpiece written by the Dutch diplomat, sinologist and novelist Gloucester over a period of eighteen years. The book takes Di Renjie, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty in China, as the protagonist, and tells his legendary experience of solving cases as an official and eliminating harm to the people. The plot of the investigation in the book is treacherous, the mystery and judgment are thought-provoking, and the details are well verified. It not only depicts the image of Di Renjie who is upright, but also outlines the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This masterpiece has been translated into many languages ​​and has been well received by readers from all over the world. It has remained popular for decades. The complete set includes 14 medium-length novels, 2 medium-length novels, and 8 short stories. They are divided into 6 volumes according to the geographical location where the cases occurred, namely "Penglai Chapter", "Hanyuan Chapter", "Puyang Chapter 1", "Puyang Chapter 2", "Lanfang Chapter" and "Sifang Chapter".

Are you living in the foreshadowing of fate, or are you living in the illusion of avoiding fate? Some questions cannot be asked. Once you ask them, you will break the shackles of time and space and touch the essence of the world. Ye Zhiqiu was originally a proud policeman from Dali Temple, with all his abilities, but on a stormy evening in the distant Tang Dynasty, he caught a glimpse of three murderous intentions hanging above his head: a piece of snow, a cloud and a lamp.

Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (three volumes) strives to restore the true appearance of history. The war scenes are majestic and impassioned, the power struggles are touching, the characters are lifelike and vivid, the local customs are vivid and close to the Tang Dynasty, and the descriptions of the artifacts are exquisite and breathtaking. The book "Wu Zetian" begins with Wu Mei entering the palace and Emperor Taizong's death. Through her emergence in the harem battles, her steps on the road to power, her unstoppable dominance over the world, her majesty and domineering power in the Wu Zhou dynasty, and her open-minded wisdom in the game of life and death, it describes the complex and rich emotional life of a generation of empresses, her wise strategies for running the country and the world, and her rebellious and lonely extraordinary life, recreating the thrilling power situation of the Tang Dynasty. Life has ups and downs, love and hatred, but no one can control the fate of the strong. "Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty" is a magnificent and colorful imperial entrepreneurial plan, a splendid and colorful historical picture of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. The rise and fall of the dynasty, the struggle for the throne, the love in the court, the bloodthirsty conspiracy, the repeated mutinies... It is so exciting that it is dizzying.

What was Wu Zetian's court like? How did the great poet Bai Juyi spend his day? What kind of wine did Li Bai drink? How did people in the Tang Dynasty call their father, mother, brothers and sisters? What are the attractions of the developed brothel culture in the Tang Dynasty? This is a multi-faceted record of the details of people's life in the Tang Dynasty. Through a detailed analysis of historical materials, the daily life of people in the Tang Dynasty is restored, including topics such as Tang Dynasty food, Datang language, Datang culture, and Datang family life. The book describes in detail the life details of all classes in the Tang Dynasty, from the court nobles to the scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants. It is indeed a practical "Guide to Life in the Tang Dynasty".

The film and television series of the same name is now on the air! Thousands of years ago, the Tang Dynasty was the undisputed center of the world. Superior material life and diverse cultural integration gave birth to the imagination of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Bai Juyi and other legendary poets of the generation used their verses to depict gorgeous paintings of the Tang Dynasty. In the night sky of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Li Bai's bright moon, there were countless folk imaginations about gods, demons, ghosts and monsters. Fairies, monsters, weird stories, exotic legends, illusions and Taoism, rare birds and animals, palace anecdotes... Let us brush aside the piles of historical papers and see what kind of amazing scenes are hidden behind the gorgeous imagination of the people of the Tang Dynasty; look at these scenes, and record for us secrets that have been buried for thousands of years... Open the "Records of Weird Stories of the Tang Dynasty" and witness that in addition to Tang poetry, the imagination of the people of the Tang Dynasty was even more unbridled.

If one day, you open your eyes and find that you have traveled to the Tang Dynasty - don't panic, come and pick up this "Guide to Traveling to the Tang Dynasty: A Handbook of People's Life in Chang'an and Other Places": first pass the language barrier, learn a few sentences of medieval Chinese and the national curses of the Tang Dynasty; then sneak into the government canteen to open a small stove, taste tea and drink. Remember, walking carelessly on the street like in time-travel novels and casually taking out a few taels of tattooed silver will be tragic. Household registration book and temporary residence permit must not be missing. You can join a tour group to visit the five most popular attractions in Chang'an City, visit a brothel, watch polo, and go hunting with leopards outdoors. You can also do as the locals do and celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day and Chinese Valentine's Day like people from the Tang Dynasty. It's okay to be a little foreign, Christmas was already there in the Tang Dynasty! If you are lucky, you can be invited to someone else's home, sing karaoke, dance, have fun, and finally buy a house with a limited price covering an area of ​​ten acres.

At its peak, the Tang Dynasty's economic GDP accounted for 60% of the world's total, and its territory was twice the size of today's China. People from more than 300 countries flocked to Chang'an for pilgrimage with reverence, and more than 2,300 poets created an insurmountable cultural prosperity; however, the facts In the Tang Dynasty, such a prosperous scene only lasted for less than half of the entire dynasty. In the last nearly hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, there were continuous civil wars, gunfire everywhere, corpses strewn in the Yellow River Basin, no roosters crowing, no dogs barking for thousands of miles, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, it was an endless country of hell. Opening the book, the most famous protagonists in Chinese history: Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, Yang Guifei, Tang Minghuang, Li Bai, An Lushan, Huang Chao... Emperors and generals took turns to go into battle, poets and grass bandits appeared on the stage, with intense gongs and drums, no breathing space, and several good plays in a row: each one is more exciting than the last! Each game is more ups and downs than the next! Each one is more bloody and full of conspiracy than the last!

The TV series of the same name stars Lei Jiayin and Yi Yangqianxi, with Lei Jiayin playing Zhang Xiaojing and Yi Yangqianxi playing Li Mi. In the third year of Tang Tianbao's reign, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an. The residents of the Imperial Capital of the Tang Dynasty did not know that when the brilliant lights of the Lantern Festival were lit up, what awaited them would be an all-devouring disaster. Turks, wolf guards, kidnappings, assassinations, raging flames, burning the city, the gears of destroying Chang'an City have begun to turn. And all the hope of saving Chang'an is a one-eyed death row prisoner who is about to be beheaded and twelve short hours...