postscript

I finally finished the manuscript. With emotion, I look back on my creative experience and I have to say something: We ordinary people have to go through some pain to complete something, let alone to complete something beyond our abilities. Of course, there is no deep feeling without pain. Not to mention that Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" when he suffered misfortune, and Qu Yuan wrote "Li Sao" when he was exiled. As an ordinary person, you won't suffer that kind of pain, because you can't encounter ups and downs. I just wanted to write a novel, a better historical novel, so I took action and wrote it. Cervantes once compared his works to his children. This metaphor is very appropriate. Of course, some children are smart and some are stupid, but everyone hopes that their children can do great things. For normal people, this beautiful wish is common. So what is the child I gave birth to like? Just hope it's not a deformed child. Because writing a book is really not a joke, and I have no talent to begin with. I am not like the legendary genius writers who can write a masterpiece that has been handed down for generations in a year or two, and it can also rank among the bestsellers. At the top of the list, I can't, absolutely can't, because I really don't have that talent.

I remember that when I was a child, I always liked to write an article first and then compose a poem. I always feel that only in this way can poetry and prose be fluent, and this hobby has always existed in my desire to write. My dream of writing stems from my father’s subtle influence and teachings through words and deeds. His father, Ren Liguo, graduated from the Chinese Department of Lanzhou University in the 1960s. He has been a Chinese teacher all his life. When I was a child, my father would practice calligraphy on some old newspapers when he came home during the winter and summer vacations. At that time, he may not have deliberately asked me to learn or practice calligraphy, but inadvertently, he did something to me. It had the influence of literary enlightenment. When my father left home at the beginning of the school year, I read through what he had written, something like: "Died before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears." "The great river goes eastward, and the waves are gone, and there are romantic figures through the ages." "Throughout the ages. There are no heroes to be found in the country, and Sun Zhong is looking for a place. On the dancing pavilion and singing platform, the wind is always blown away by the rain." "The black magpie flies south and there is no land of Wei, but when the river goes east, there is Zhou Lang." "The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes. I will bend my waist." Wait, I was shocked when I saw these poems. I always felt that these beautiful poems really depicted the heroes on the land of China in a fascinating way, so I had infinite reveries about heroes.

Later, after I started working, I had time to do the things I like. I remember that during a comfortable summer vacation, I spent a few days alone at school to read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". At that time, I closed the book and thought: The heroes emerging from the book are so touching and fascinating! The opening poem reads: "The rolling waters of the Yangtze River pass eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes; right and wrong, success and failure are all gone, but the green mountains are still there, how many sunsets are red?" So I couldn't help but ponder: "Heroes are willing to take things easy, and honor and disgrace rise and fall. I was filled with emotion; I held my wine glass high and poured the bricks into the fortress, and looked up at the stars spinning the top; my work was like the sun and the moon shining across the world, and people were like the passing waves of the river." At that time, I thought wholeheartedly: If I can't be a hero, then write about heroes and put what I want in my heart into my heart. To express the thoughts in writing, you can use the wine of the ancients to pour your own strength, and express your feelings by pretending to be the great deeds of the predecessors. This is the only way.

Throughout the ancient and modern history of China, in addition to the heroes who emerged in large numbers during the Three Kingdoms period, there are also many heroes who have emerged in the past hundred years. Especially during the Anti-Japanese War, heroes appeared one after another in endlessly, and they were both sung and lamented. However, it is difficult to grasp the heroes of this period of history, and it is difficult to draw conclusions about the praise and criticism of some characters. After thinking about it carefully, I gave up, so I thought of the Qin and Han Dynasties. Because the number of heroes who emerged during this period was the largest in ancient China. More importantly, the Qin Empire founded by Qin Shihuang and the Han Dynasty later founded by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty were the first glorious period of the Chinese Empire and China in the entire feudal society. A critical period for the basic structure of the state to take shape. Although the political models of each subsequent dynasty were different and had their own characteristics, the Han Dynasty abandoned many of the political, military, economic, cultural, and ideological aspects of Qin's politics that were not suitable for social development, and inherited the legacy of subsequent dynasties. The basic pattern followed by the feudal dynasties of China, so the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty are equally important because they are separated by a very short time, so they are one with each other. People are accustomed to know that the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were two dynasties, and Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu were two emperors in different periods. However, Liu Bang was only three years younger than Ying Zheng and was a contemporary of him. In the third year after Ying Zheng's death, the 47-year-old Liu Bang started his army from the grassroots level. Since then, the Liu Bang era has begun, and the era has also pushed him to the forefront of history.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Qin used Shang Yang to become the most powerful country among the seven kingdoms. In the end, the person who led the State of Qin to defeat all the heroes and unify the world was Qin Shihuang, who was known as the one emperor through the ages in Chinese history. This man had extraordinary imperial intelligence and heroic spirit, and finally completed the unification of the empire. However, he only lived to be fifty years old and was in power for nearly thirty years. However, his status in Chinese history is quite high. how to say? He inherits the legacy for thousands of years and initiates the legacy for thousands of years. Because he ended the five hundred years of melee in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods and completed the unification of the six kingdoms, he was the end of the history of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. However, as the first emperor in Chinese history, he established the centralized feudal authoritarian system and was also the founder of the family-tianxia system. Therefore, he ushered in two thousand years of feudal monarchy and was the starting point of a new historical period. Although the real consolidator of the centralized feudal authoritarian system was Han Gaozu, the pioneering contribution of Qin Shihuang is indelible. The unification of the Qin State was a thorough integration of the Huayi ethnic groups that had been divided for five hundred years. However, the integration was not thorough enough. The empire soon split again, and the princes once again fought in melee. Until Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, the true meaning The Chinese Empire was formed only in the 19th century, so historian Professor Li Kaiyuan called the Qin and Han Dynasties the post-Warring States era. This statement is very reasonable. It was only after the reintegration of the Han Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty that the country began to consolidate, stabilize and later rise and become stronger.

In the post-Warring States era, leaders, advisers, and generals emerged in endlessly. They were either strategizing, making changes, or operating in various directions. Their energy could be described as magnificent. Moreover, the level of chaos and numerous events among the vassal states was almost no less than that of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Sun Haohui, the writer of "The Great Qin Empire", also said: "The spirit of the times during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was about great struggle and strong survival." Then the post-Warring States era was also about great struggle and strong survival. Heroes from all walks of life also fought thoroughly, comprehensively, and earth-shatteringly. At that time, various countries also had talents in large numbers, famous generals like clouds, and advisers like rain. So heroes from all walks of life appeared one after another, and their flames of revenge quickly burned throughout the country, so that within three years, the Qin Empire was suddenly wiped out. Therefore, the former sages and ancestors of the Chinese nation were once again involved in a ruthless and huge war for hegemony by the tide of the times. As a result, the floods surged, the waves washed away the sand, and the ignorant mediocre rulers were ruthlessly eliminated. The heroes came across the sea and stood out, thus drawing a long historical scroll of the gathering of heroes in the entire society in the post-Warring States era, and once again writing a splendid chapter for the historical glory of Chinese civilization.

In the post-Warring States period, Liu Bang was the most outstanding and could be said to be the most dazzling morning star of that era. He initially served as a pavilion chief and killed snakes in the uprising, and then joined the uprising trend without hesitation. Later, he joined forces with Xiang Yu and launched a two-pronged attack on the Qin State. Finally, he entered Guanzhong first and successfully captured the Qin State. He won the title of King of Guanzhong, which laid a solid foundation for him to later defeat Xiang Yu and establish the Han Dynasty that lasted for four hundred years. Therefore, the heroes of that period left behind a series of well-known legends and eternal mysteries with numerous lawsuits. It is precisely because of the above factors that I was truly inspired to complete this historical novel. It is not an easy task to present such a shocking historical legend in the form of a novel, not to mention that the historical materials of this period are too brief, which brings great difficulties to the creation. The former sage Hu Shi also said: "The Chu-Han and Sui-Tang dynasties are too short. If you don't rely on imagination to add materials, you can't make a lively story." The implication is that the creation must be completed by adding materials.

Adding material requires imagination, that is, fictional plots. Literary works are different from historical classics. Historical classics are works written by previous sages and cannot be tampered with. Studying history is a matter for historians, while literary works are a matter for literary creators. As long as it conforms to scientific logical thinking and the artistic rules of literary creation, it is also very important to fictionalize the plot in the work based on the author's personal emotions and cognition. "Novel Techniques" written by Fu Tengxiao, Chapter 6, Section 2, the last sentence of the first paragraph says: "The artistic imagination of a literary artist can be regarded as the touchstone of his or her artistic talent." When writing this work, how to add Material? Can some materials be added? What should I do if I encounter a historian’s research? They will say that this story does not exist, that thing does not happen at all, and it is really embarrassing to encounter such a thing. Not to mention this work, it is the masterpiece "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Some people say: "The story is too rigid in historical terms, but has too little imagination and too little creativity." Of course, this statement is still not accurate enough today.

Historical novels are different from other novels in that they are based on real historical events, combined with the storyline, use imagination, expand and add content, and strive to make everything comply with the requirements and laws of literary creation, rather than making things up randomly. . A valuable historical novel is not only the author's emotional representation of this period of history, but also the sublimation of emotion. The most difficult thing to write in historical novels is to grasp and evaluate historical figures. You can neither distort historical figures nor copy the prototype characters in the same old way. Instead, you can create new creations of the prototype images, that is, the author's new and unique ideas. opinion. It is indeed extremely difficult to do this, especially to grasp the "degree" of the characters. In addition, there are very few historical materials of this period. Apart from the biographies of "Historical Records" and "Hanshu", it is difficult to find other historical materials, so it is very difficult to create.

Here is an example. At the beginning of my creation, there was a character who had a dispute with her father. This character was Meng Jiangnu. Everyone in China knows this character: she is a representative of the working people and a small figure who fights to the death against the powerful ruling class, but she has a prominent reputation and is strong-willed. Her deeds were like crying down the Great Wall, ruthlessly accusing and lashing out at the ruling class for violently grinding down the people. The Great Wall is a masterpiece of the Chinese people. It is located in northern China. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic, and an ancient Chinese military defense project. It is the largest single building since human civilization. It is solid, strong, united, calm and self-defensive. The Chinese people have relied on it to resist countless foreign invasions. Therefore, the Great Wall is a symbol of patriotism and a spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation's resolute resistance to foreign invasions.

It seems inappropriate to accuse it today, but it is indeed the greatest project of the Qin Dynasty, and its purpose and function is to resist foreign invasion. This means that Qin Shihuang cannot be regarded simply as a tyrant who harasses the people. If he had not unified the six countries and established the powerful Qin Empire, so that the Chinese nation could thrive in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins for generations, there would be no Great China today. When I first started writing, I had already included Meng Jiangnu in the work, but my father disagreed with the appearance of this character after seeing it. Besides, Meng Jiangnu was not from the Qin Dynasty. I think: The story of Meng Jiangnu has long been deeply rooted in the minds of Chinese people. It is the product of Qin Shihuang's efforts to grind down the people. This character must appear in the work. This requires how to grasp this degree, not only to express the strong love and hate of the story, but also to show the narrow-mindedness and greatness of the two people: the great First Emperor only saw great achievements, but he could not see the efforts and sacrifices of the lower class working people. The beautiful and strong-willed Meng Jiangnu only sees loyalty to her personal love and defends it to the death, but cannot see the significance of the great Qin Shihuang in creating a great country. To be fair, they are all heroes and characters that I really want to praise, so I insisted on including her. The demise of the Qin State had almost nothing to do with the great Qin Shihuang. I have shown this in detail in my work, and I hope readers will understand it slowly while reading.

The main characters in the rest of the works all really exist. The author's fictional plots in the work appeared just for the needs of the novel. I also learned from the creative experience of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and used my personal imagination to fictionalize some logical plots under the big historical premise. Although these episodes are not recorded, they may have happened in history. Although I don’t have the whimsical thoughts of “a mind that wanders far and wide,” or “that encompasses the heaven and earth within the form, and suppresses everything within the pen.”, I can still be like Edgar Allan Poe when he conceived the inspiration for “The Strange Case of Marie Roget.” One tenth is considered lucky. Most of the remaining chapters also contain a mixture of truth and falsehood, combining fiction and reality to make the fiction look like the truth. However, everything is different, and we will never make nonsense or nonsense. We also hope that those who truly study history will not be led astray.

The former sage Hu Shi analyzed "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from a literary perspective and said that this book can still only be regarded as a very powerful popular history lecture and cannot be regarded as a book of literary value. There are two reasons for this: 1. The historical story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too strict, but the imagination is too little, and the creativity is too weak; 2. The authors, revisers, and final writers of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are all ordinary people. He is not a talented writer, nor a superb thinker. But he finally said: "Having said that, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed an excellent popular history. In the history of popular education for thousands of years, no book can match its magic." The meaning is that in the long history of five thousand years, it is the only one, which shows the sonorous affirmation. However, the old gentleman still described this novel as history. From a Western perspective on novels, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a historical work, not a novel. Since there will be such a big controversy for such a masterpiece, what's more, what about a work written by a primary school art teacher who is not even an ordinary "confucian"? Therefore, we must leave room for creation in literary works. Without fiction, there is no art. Please forgive me for "making things up".

In other words, historical novels follow the rules of literary creation, so the major events and story lines in the book are all in chronological order. This single, short historical story is compiled into many complicated and intense histories according to the rules of novel creation. Conflict stories connect them together. Of course, the purpose of writing a book is not only to make up stories, but also to create heroes and call for heroes. I sincerely hope that we can feel from the book that the era two thousand years ago was an era of iron-blooded rigidity with numerous heroes, and an era of heroic optimism that fought against heaven and earth. At the moment of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, what China still needs is the spiritual outlook of that era. What China still needs is the unyielding benevolent people and aggressive spirit of struggle of that era. Therefore, I urgently call for new heroes to appear again to complete the great cause of the reunification of the Chinese nation and welcome the return of Taiwan. This is also my wish.

My specific creative process is as follows: I began to conceive this work in 1997, and received strong support and help from my father. I purchased literature materials from Qiu: "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Spring and Autumn of Chu and Han Dynasties", "The Romance of the Western Han Dynasty" Books such as "The Romance of Qin and Han", "The Biography of the First Emperor of Qin", "Lin Handa's Collection of Chinese Historical Stories", "The Biography of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty", "Chang'an Dictionary of the Han Dynasty", "Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Chinese Place Names", "Dictionary of Chinese Scenic Spots", "Atlas of Chinese History" and other books have been spent since the beginning. It took four or five years, and the official writing began in 2001, and the handwritten manuscript was completed in 2008. In order to facilitate revision, I asked my sister, Ms. Ren Xiaoe, to type the hundreds of thousands of words of the manuscript on the computer, and then revised the manuscript several times until the book was completed in 2017. The original title was "One Hundred and Two Qin Passes". During this period, my parents were already ill. I originally wanted my father’s old friend to write a preface for my book, but at this time they were all seriously ill and passed away one by one. This regret was unexpected. .

My father graduated from the Chinese Department of Lanzhou University in 1965. He was in the same class as Liu Man, Wang Jiada, Wang Sen and Daxue. Teacher Liu Man is the author of the book "Research on the Historical Geography of Helong". Wang Jiada is an old writer from Gansu. His novel collection "The Clear Water of the Yellow River" is a work that his father often reads and praises. Wang Sen is the author of the book "Language Essays". Radar is a famous literary critic and writer in my country. I heard that these people were my father's classmates and friends, and they kept in touch with each other. I was very happy, and I always thought that with them around, I would not be afraid of failure. It was May Day in 2016. I returned home from vacation and asked my father to show some of the manuscripts I had compiled to Teacher Wang Jiada. But there was no news after that. Around June 1st, I urged my father to call Mr. Wang and ask about the situation. My father called. Mr. Wang said on the phone in a strong Lanzhou dialect: "Old Ren, I read Ren Hong's manuscript, and he got your family biography. The writing is good and has the style of the Three Kingdoms. The war scenes are very well written. It is unique and combines tradition and reality. Let him write well. I read his catalog and it is very long. Such large works are rare now! You must encourage and support him to complete his creation. If you want to publish it in the future, it would be better to find an expert to write a preface." My father took the opportunity to say, "You are a great writer, and Ren Hong wants you to write a preface!" Mr. Wang said with a smile, "I am very interested. Historical novels are for amateurs! Lao Lei specializes in reviews, why don't you let him write? He is so powerful!" Then the two of them talked about other things. Their conversation made a very deep impression on me.

Later, I went back to work, but not long after, my father told me on the phone that Mr. Wang had passed away. It seemed that it was June 10th. I was shocked at the time, thinking that he was a good old man, but why did he suddenly pass away? My father also felt sorry for him for a long time. Mr. Wang mentioned Lao Lei earlier, which is radar science, also known as radar. He was the director and researcher of the Creative Research Department of the Chinese Writers Association, the president of the Chinese Novel Society, the honorary member of the Chinese Writers Association, the deputy director of the Theoretical Criticism Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and the Chinese Writers Association. Vice president of the Fuxi Cultural Research Association, a judge of the Mao Dun Literature Award and the Lu Xun Literature Award for many times, and concurrently serving as a doctoral tutor in modern and contemporary Chinese literature at the School of Liberal Arts of Lanzhou University. I once asked my father to show my manuscript to Mr. Radar. My father said: "He is more famous than Wang Jiada, so how could he fall in love with your work?" But I insisted on my father contact Mr. Radar. My father couldn't resist me, so he agreed.

During this period, another friend of my father’s, Teacher Liu Man, often came to my house. As soon as they met, they talked about everything, discussed articles, recalled the past, and also discussed the book "Research on the Historical Geography of Helong". One time when Teacher Liu came to my house, he brought two volumes of "South Crossing" from "South Crossing and Returning to the North". Because he was already ill and couldn't carry too many books, he only took two books and said that the other two " I will pick up the first and second volumes of "Return to the North" next time. They said it was well written and I wanted my father to read it. I took this opportunity to find my manuscript on my phone and showed it to Teacher Liu. Teacher Liu watched it for more than half an hour, and then said in surprise: "You are really awesome. I admire you for writing such a large work! I am writing about history now, and I am not as good as you and your dad when it comes to novels." , you should let your dad watch it?" I said: "He has already watched it, and now it is your turn to watch it." Teacher Liu said sincerely: "I can't play with mobile phones, and my eyes can't do it either." I He said, "I'll download a WeChat account for you. It's very convenient to use." I tried to download a WeChat account for Teacher Liu, and then sent the manuscript. He said he would take his time to watch. At this time, he and I also discussed the matter of "Xiao Guan".

In his book "Research on the History and Geography of Helong", he said that Xiaoguan of Qin State was in the southeast of Guyuan. I said: "No, the Xiao Pass of Qin State should be in Huan County, Qingyang!" His reason was that there are historical data that can prove that the earliest Xiao Pass was in the southeast of Guyuan. Out of politeness, I didn't refute, and ostensibly agreed with him. Because Xiao Guan is also written in my works. Before the unification of Pre-Qin and Qin, the Great Wall of Qin did not pass through the southeast of Guyuan at all, but went straight from the northwest of Guyuan to the northeast to Huan County in Qingyang. Qin built the Great Wall to guard the border. Just imagine the inland area where the Great Wall did not pass. Why did the Qin people build a pass? What's the point? For example, in order to prevent theft, a family will install a very strong door. This is reasonable. If it is far away from the door and a defense line is set up in the middle of the yard, what significance does this have for preventing theft? After the unification of the Qin State, with General Meng Tian's Northern Expedition, the border line of the Qin State moved greatly northward, extending to the foot of the Dayin Mountain outside the "ji" shape of the Yellow River. A new Great Wall was built, and the famous Gaoque Pass was built. It was built there, and it really expanded the land a thousand miles. As for Xiaoguan in the southeast of Guyuan, when the Chu and Han Dynasties fought, the Chinese were unable to pay attention to the north, and the Huns pressed hard on the pass. As a result, many lands in the north were lost again. The Huns broke the northern Great Wall during the Qin Empire. The defense line also crossed the old Great Wall defense line of Qin State in the pre-Qin period. Later, in order to resist the invasion of foreigners, the Han Dynasty established a pass in the southeast of today's Guyuan, which was called Han Xiao Pass, and later the Song Xiao Pass was established by the Song Dynasty. What broke the situation in the northern part of Qin was that during the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty, the territory of the Han Dynasty expanded outwards again: it reached Dawan in the west, New Northwest Syria in the northwest, and Sakhalin in the northeast. The territory expanded again to what it was during the Qin Empire. Twice, the pass at that time also lost its function, so the pass changed with the size of the country's territory. It is not easy for Mr. Liu to study these things. Academically speaking, I respect his views very much.

Later, I never expected that just before the Spring Festival in 2017, when I went home to celebrate the New Year, my father suddenly said: "Teacher Liu Man has passed away." I thought it was very surprised, how could I be such a good person? , just say it’s gone? Only then did my father say that Teacher Liu was seriously ill. After that, he often complained: "Lao Liu should have been treated conservatively, not surgery or chemotherapy. If he had taken traditional Chinese medicine, maybe he would be fine now... Alas!"

After that, my father called Teacher Lei and told him about me. Teacher Lei was surprised when he heard that I was writing a historical novel, so he asked my father to send him the manuscript. I was overjoyed when I got the news, so I sent the entire manuscript to my father in electronic form, and my father forwarded it to Teacher Lei. It was during the Spring Festival holiday in 2018. I was full of confidence but also uneasy. I thought to myself: Teacher Lei is not an ordinary person. What if he doesn’t like her? When school was about to start, Teacher Lei called my father. I was also at home that day. Because both my parents were sick, I stayed at home during the holidays. Teacher Lei said on the phone: "I read part of it and was very surprised. The stories of two thousand years ago and the vast historical materials are not studied and treated seriously. How can we reproduce the dignity of history? With nearly a million words of writing, it is not After years of writing and suffering, how could this book be completed? Old Ren, let me ask you, were the three "Caiyun Pavilion" poems in Chapter 206 written by Ren Hong or did he quote ancient poems?" My father said: "It was written by Ren Hong." Teacher Lei said, "I thought it was a quote from an ancient poem, but I couldn't find it after searching online for a long time. I couldn't tell that it was written by Ren Hong! These three poems are very elegant. , and the artistic conception is magnificent and majestic (later I specifically explained it in the book). And the two poems at the beginning and the end are both well written, which shocked me! In addition, I have a deep memory of the 88th poem. Chapter, "Revolting against Cao Shen of Pei County to seize the pass", the language of this chapter is crisp and clear, and the writing style is very similar to reading "Guan Yun traveled thousands of miles alone" in the Three Kingdoms. Such a wonderful article is very surprising! Lao Ren, this novel can definitely be published , I am willing to write a recommendation article, but not a preface, because I am not an expert on the history of Qin and Han Dynasties." My father quickly expressed his gratitude on the phone. When I heard these affirmative words from Teacher Lei, I immediately felt very relieved. After that, I will seize the time to revise and strive to complete it as soon as possible. But unfortunately, only one month after we started school, probably in early April, Teacher Lida suddenly passed away in the capital. This news hit my father hard, because his old friends left one by one at this time. At that time, my mother was also ill and hospitalized, and my father had heart attacks from time to time and was admitted to the hospital many times.

During that time, I was also mentally and physically exhausted and seemed to be in the hospital all day long. I was anxious and thinking about it, but I didn’t know what to do without the guidance of my seniors. Later, I published the work on the Zongheng Chinese website first, so that the novel was published, and from then on I compiled it chapter by chapter and published it continuously. Later, some friends told me that my work was too traditional and should be changed to a time-travel novel. They also suggested that "I" could be set as the protagonist in the work, and then be brain-dead in an accidental "accident", or Suffering from some kind of mental illness, he traveled back to the Qin Dynasty and became the famous Zhang Zifang. He assassinated Qin Shihuang and then assisted Liu Bang, who had a people-oriented mind, to make contributions. You can also travel to modern times and become a certain Spider-Man who assassinates the king, performs heroic acts of justice, and finally assists a certain future Chinese leader to unify the earth. Only by writing in this way that the past and present are intertwined can it be thought-provoking and eye-catching. I thought about this matter for three days and three nights, and I always felt it was ridiculous. I thought that although traditional literature is suppressed everywhere nowadays, and even mercilessly denied, everything must become bizarre and absurd to attract attention. But historical texts are not allowed to be tampered with. Most people cannot accept such weird and funny historical narratives. The Chinese people’s feelings about historical narratives are deep in their bones. I believe that there will be a large number of national elites in China in the future. I will continue to carry forward our good things, so my works are still very traditional historical narratives.

During the last period of my parents' life, I remember that once, another old friend of my father's, Mr. Wang Sen, came to the hospital to visit my father and told him that his new book had been published. Argument". I was going to let Teacher Wang look at my manuscript again, but as my parents' condition worsened, I had no chance to go to Teacher Wang Sen again, and instead spent the whole day in the hospital. Unexpectedly, during that summer vacation, my mother left us before my father because she was seriously ill and treatment failed. Twenty-three days later, my father also passed away. During that time, I seemed to feel that all the lights in front of me went out, and my heart was suddenly filled with disappointment and regret. My father knew what I was worried about and was worried that I would not find a "way" in the future. A few days before his death, he said to me on the hospital bed: "There is a critic named Yang Guangzu in Gansu. This person is very powerful. You must find him." He writes a preface!" Although I remembered my father's words, I didn't know where to find him in the vast sea of ​​people, so the matter was shelved forever.

Later, I contacted the book publishing planner of Huaxia Changhong Group. He read my manuscript, advocated publishing it, and gave me great encouragement and support. I said we need to find a famous person to write the preface. He said that it costs money to find celebrities, but it is not necessary. What readers read is a novel, not a preface. The editor of our publishing house can also write a preface. I thought what he said was very reasonable. After careful consideration, I agreed to publish it, and then signed a contract and entrusted Singapore's Global Publishing House to publish it. For this reason, I am very grateful to Huaxia Changhong Group and the editors specifically responsible for publishing. They are also important noble people in my life. I have finished what I have to say. Let’s call it the postscript of this book. That’s it. Thoughts on the completion of the book:

Heroic pursuits are endless, and tears of joy and sorrow of life and death are shed.

The emperor was killed by the emperor, and Jincheng was lost in the south of Kaibeitun.

The weeds and deserted sand bury the bones of battle, and the heroic maiden endures the cry.

The scholar is interested in the rise and fall of things, so he pretends to be polite and hides his armor.