Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties

One of the most popular Chinese Classical Novels by Chu Renhuo. It is a fictionalized account of the turbulent transition from the collapse of the Sui dynasty to the rise of the Tang dynasty. One striking and unique aspect of the novel is that it tells the stories of the women of the era as much as the men: different walks of life, various colours and stripes, from loyal wives, to devoted daughters; from martial women to romantic heroines; from political manipulators to cunning queens, such as Mulan, Wu Zetian and Yang Guifei and so on. All had their own stories, the good, the bad and the ugly. The novel dramatizes how personal ambition, loyalty, love, jealousy, and moral choices, men and women alike, tangle in karmic cycles and shape history.**AI Contribution: Courtesy of Google NotebookLM**