This book interprets the era and historical changes from the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period to the early Northern Song Dynasty from the dual perspectives of Zhao Kuangyin and Li Yu. It explains the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the fall of the Southern Tang, and how China, after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, was reunified with the north. On one hand, it presents Li Yu's multifaceted life as the ruler of the Southern Tang, a deposed monarch, and a master of poetry, analyzing the multiple reasons for his tragic departure from the ancestral temple in haste. On the other hand, it showcases the great talent and strategic vision of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong of Song.
本书以赵匡胤和李煜双视角解读五代十国末期到北宋初期的时代风貌和历史变革。解释宋朝的建立、南唐的灭亡，以及中国在经历五代十国之后，南北何以重归统一。一方面展现李煜作为南唐国主、亡国之君、词圣的多重面相，分析其“最是仓皇辞庙日”悲剧的多重原因；另一方面展现宋太祖与宋太宗的雄才大略。
本书以赵匡胤和李煜双视角解读五代十国末期到北宋初期的时代风貌和历史变革。解释宋朝的建立、南唐的灭亡，以及中国在经历五代十国之后，南北何以重归统一。一方面展现李煜作为南唐国主、亡国之君、词圣的多重面相，分析其“最是仓皇辞庙日”悲剧的多重原因；另一方面展现宋太祖与宋太宗的雄才大略。
