Princess Yongtai

Author: Li Jingtian
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: After sleeping in Songshan for over 1,400 years, a princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty reappears in the public eye—Longshan, a historical novel by young Henan author Li Jingtian, which took eight years to complete, is published and released by Henan Literature and Art Publishing House. Yongtai Princess was the daughter of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei during China's Northern and Southern Dynasties period. She pursued the truth, goodness, and beauty of humanity with unwavering determination, fiercely resisting a world filled with deceit, ugliness, and evil. Her fate was tragic yet heroic, her life both sorrowful and magnificent. Based on her legendary life, young writer Li Jingtian created the historical fantasy novel Yongtai Princess.
In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, Yongtai Princess, the youngest daughter of Emperor Xuanwu, accompanied her mother on a spring outing to Songshan and met a cowherd named Song Sanlang. Impressed by his simplicity and kindness, she deeply moved and formed a profound bond with him. The princess fell in love with Songshan and longed to stay among the common folk. However, due to political intrigue and power struggles in the court, she was forced to leave her mother and enter a nunnery, maintaining her hair as a symbol of her vows. Dissatisfied with a marriage alliance with the Southern Liang Dynasty, the princess resolutely cut her hair to resist the wedding. When she heard false rumors that Sanlang had been killed, she completely lost hope and retreated to Songshan, taking refuge in the Buddhist monasteries.
The novel also portrays several historically renowned figures, such as the great Northern Wei writer Wen Zisheng, the agriculturalist Jia Sixie, and the geographer Li Daoyuan, who, along with the protagonist, compose a symphony celebrating truth, goodness, and beauty while condemning deceit, ugliness, and evil. The story uses the narrative to depict characters, characters to reflect history, history to reveal culture, culture to explore humanity, and Buddhist monasteries to portray Songshan, ultimately painting a vivid picture of the turbulent late Northern Wei Dynasty.