In the thirteenth year of the Chenghua reign of the Great Ming, Fang Yingwu, a graduate student in history, transmigrated into the body of a scholar.
This was an age when an unambitious homebody could become emperor.
This was an age without authority.
It was also an age when loyalty and treachery, righteousness and evil, black and white were clearly defined.
This was an age when the nation faced no great troubles and the emperor ruled with a light touch.
It was also an age of lax laws and lazy officials.
This was an age when harsh repression gave way to a more relaxed and liberal society.
It was also an age when plain austerity gave way to extravagant splendor.
Amid green hills and clear waters, a dream spanning five hundred years begins, and the legend of a miraculous traveler from another time is about to unfold.
