This magnificent novel, which was appraised as "rewriting the Han Dynasty with novels" by the authoritative personages in the industry, takes the "witch change" in the era of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty as the background and a bizarre case recorded in the Han bamboo slips unearthed in Zhangjiashan, Hubei Province as the origin, which leads to a tortuous, vivid and gripping legendary story and shapes the legendary life of the literati Xiaowu and his civilians who are proficient in Chinese law, have both good and evil, and are also Confucian and chivalrous. The book fully shows the style of the times, the intense and wild love between men and women, and the original ecology of Han society such as the fierce and vigorous front line of war and daily life in the streets.
Baby biography
Most historical novels can present their background of the times, only the names and places, at most some official names and objects at that time, combined with the plots copied from historical books or anecdotes-in short, only those nouns that are not necessarily correct in textual research can establish the customs of the times that are not necessarily correct. Biography of Babies has fictional characters and plots, but its political, economic, military, social, artistic and legal backgrounds are distinctive features created by solid research results. Virtual born master, dressed in clothes of the Han Dynasty, rode in a carriage, used utensils of the Han Dynasty, and acted as officials and businessmen of the Han Dynasty. During the debate, they quoted the laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty, and during the confrontation, they arranged the battles of the Han Dynasty.
"Baby Biography" continues the unfinished history of the Han Dynasty with a character from the pavilion chief Xiaowu, which is equally wonderful, and its grand and shocking feeling surpasses that of the previous pavilion chief Xiaowu.
Gambler Chen Tang
Strong character, full of cruelty; In the wild age, there was a romantic leap. Fierce and vigorous battle front, strong and wild love between men and women, generous personality temperament, ordinary life in the streets, the original ecology of various Han societies, the desolate and heroic era, the new narrative style parallel to the diversified network era, simple and rude, leaving fragrance between the teeth.
This book is told by different characters from the first-person perspective: childhood friends, cockfighting captain, Le Ying Sui, Xiongnu Shan Yu, and Chen Tang, vice captain of the Northern Army Base; These five leading characters lead to four supporting roles, who tell several short stories in different styles: Wang is the son of a stuttering county magistrate, his mysterious mother, Lu Zhong is a rude robber, and Chen Changnian is an old servant who is good at telling ghosts.
There are stories in the story, and each story has a completely different taste because of different narrators, different narrative environments and different audiences. Each narrator has his own intonation and mantra.
The authors of the above works are all Shi Jiepeng, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi. Master of Chinese Department of Peking University, Doctor of Literature, Beijing Normal University. He is currently teaching at the Institute of Ancient Books of Beijing Normal University. His research interests are ancient philology, exegetics and unearthed philology.
In fact, I think Jin Yong's novels are best written in combination with history, but I guess you don't want Jin Yong when you ask this question. Hmm. How interesting