The Legend of Sima Xiangru

This is an epic about "people." This book rejects stereotyped kings, lords, generals, and ministers, and writes exhaustively of every ordinary person's struggles, choices, and perseverance amid the tide of the times. Beneath a prosperous age, undercurrents surge; even in barbaric wilds there is the sincere oath of blood brotherhood; beneath the striking of jade tablets in the court hall, words clash like swords; behind the creaking turning of spinning wheels deep in the mulberry groves hides the silent sorrowful song of weaving households. Xiangru's life embodies the integrity of a literatus, the courage of a knight, and the responsibility of an envoy; it is, moreover, a vivid microcosm of an entire era moving from a state of a hundred wastes awaiting revival toward the coming of ten thousand nations to court. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Legend of Sima Xiangru — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠