Xiao Shu 
Biography of Zhao Kuangyin 

This book tells how Zhao Kuangyin led the troops to fight and established the Great Song Dynasty during the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. When Zhao Kuangyin was an official in the later Zhou Dynasty, he led the army to fight in the south. After the death of Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, occupied the Southern Han Dynasty, fought in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and stepped up efforts to promote national reunification. In order to build a country with long-term stability, he promoted civil servants, restrained military commanders, standardized etiquette, cleaned up the buffer towns, eliminated the root cause of the country’s long-term turmoil, and established a great cause for generations. Finally, he died in the noise of candle shadow and axe. With delicate and vivid language, the author shows the benevolent mind in Zhao Kuangyin’s big vision and big pattern, which not only enables readers to be personally on the scene, but also help readers who are under pressure get profound enlightenment.