Sui Dynasty Historical Writings

Author: (Ming) Yuan Yulin and Liu Wenzhong (ed.)
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: The "Chinese Fiction Sources Series" primarily selects works that are relatively important in the history of Chinese fiction from the Song Dynasty to the early Republic of China but have been overlooked in the past. Since its inception in 1981, the series has gradually expanded and has had a broad impact on readers. It has been awarded the National First Classical Texts Compilation Book Series Award and Third Prize. The series strives to select the best available versions as the base text, with accurate punctuation and necessary collation. It preserves the original prefaces and postfaces of the books and selects valuable reference materials as appendices as the situation warrants. Therefore, it not only provides researchers with valuable primary materials but also serves as an excellent reading resource for a broad audience interested in ancient fiction, with long-term preservation value. This book is a heroic romance novel, with figures like Qin Qiong and Cheng Yajin as the main characters, while the emperors, generals, and warlords of the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty are placed in a secondary position. The novel presents a historical panorama of the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, offering a comprehensive expose of the corruption and crimes of Emperor Yang of Sui, as well as depicting the massive peasant uprising. It portrays a host of vivid and lifelike frontier heroes. Most of the story of "The Romance of the Sui and Tang" originates from this book.