China News Service, Beijing, September 9th (Reporter Shangguan Yun) Jiang Shengnan, a famous writer and screenwriter, is well-known for writing historical novels.

In China, she was also one of the first writers to "touch the net" to write.

  In the past 20 years, she has written many novels, including "The Legend of Mi Yue", which became a hit after being adapted into a TV series.

  Judging from the content, most of Jiang Shengnan's historical novels feature women as the protagonists, but they do not fall into the routine of "palace fighting" and "fighting for favor", but pay more attention to the expression of the history of women's spiritual growth. Holy Orders are the same.

  A few days ago, in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, Jiang Shengnan also mentioned, "I chose a female character as a ship, carrying the times and stories forward. Using the love, hate and hatred in her life, I will lead readers to that distant era."

The famous writer Jiang Shengnan.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

  As a female writer, she can capture the details of characters' emotions relatively delicately. "Actually, to be precise, I prefer historical themes, including historical reviews and historical novels. My big history series is also in the works."

  If he encounters a "bottleneck period" in writing, Jiang Shengnan will thank guests behind closed doors, eliminate all interference from the outside world, and quietly talk to the book and the ancients.

Come out after a while, pay attention to current events, and talk to all the people.

  Sometimes, she would go to the market to buy vegetables, walk over the overpass, watch those people set up street stalls, and even listen to them tell many interesting things.

Sometimes you can also get inspiration from it, "Life and creation are two sides of the same thing."

Chinanews.com: What kind of story does "Sacred Order" tell?

Jiang Shengnan:

"The Order of Heaven" is actually the first book I wrote in the Song Liaoxia series. At that time, the book was called "Feng Ba Jiutian".

  After I wrote "The Legend of Miyue" and "Yanyuntai", it has been more than ten years since I finished writing this story.

In the past ten years, my thinking and creative methods have changed a lot.

  So, I spent a few more years re-polishing the story, from the original two volumes to the current four volumes, although it is the same story, but the core has completely changed.

"Sacred Order".

Published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House

  The characters in "Heavenly Holy Decree" live in the noisy and lively city of Song Dynasty. They often hear the hawking of merchants, the music of goulan and tiles, and the reading sound of common people. These characters in the city are enjoying the commodities of Song Dynasty. urbanization, civic life.

Chinanews.com: The protagonist of "Sacred Order" is Liu E.

What kind of person was Liu E in history?

Jiang Shengnan:

Liu E is as famous as Lu Zhi and Wu Zetian in history, and is a generation of sages who are called by historians as "having the talents of Lu Wu, but not the evil of Lu Wu".

  She may be the most humble and lonely of all the empresses of all dynasties. Although she is noble, she has no real relatives in the sense of blood in her life. She has been in charge of state affairs for 20 years from assisting Zhenzong to being under the curtain, and by the time of her death, the Song Dynasty was already very Prosperity.

  Liu E could have become China's second female emperor, but at a critical moment, she gave up and went to the Taimiao Temple in a dragon robe, just to prove to future generations that it was not that she could not be an empress, but that she would not.

  She is also special among female leaders.

She did not live according to the logic of ancient infighting, because she had personally experienced the suffering of wars and refugees, and felt how difficult the people's livelihood was, which also deeply affected Song Zhenzong's political decision-making.

Writer Jiang Shengnan.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

Chinanews.com: You have looked up a lot of information in your writing. What is the true situation of the legend of "civet cats for princes" related to Liu E?

Jiang Shengnan:

Liu E has been childless since she entered the palace. Liu E's maid Li Shi was pregnant. Song Zhenzong announced to the public that Liu E was pregnant, and made Liu E the queen on this ground.

This is the truth of "civet cats for princes".

  The maid Li Shi was not put into the cold palace as in the legend of "civet cat for the prince", but was canonized as Concubine Li Chen, and later gave birth to a daughter. After Liu E became the queen mother, she was politically clear and well-respected.

Chinanews.com: Many of your works feature women as the protagonists, and some readers classify them as "big heroine" novels.

What do you think of this statement?

Jiang Shengnan:

In the past, many literary works, especially historical literary works, were more constructed by male authors and male readers. It may be a question of how far the portrayed female images are from real characters.

When female authors begin to speak, they must provide new texts, or give literature a new color.

  I chose female characters as a ship, carrying the times and stories forward.

With the love and hatred in her life, the reader is brought to that distant era.

These women have their own ambitions and stages, and are beautiful and shining stars in the long history.

  The same is true for the novels "Yanyuntai" and "The Biography of Miyue". They started from women and still pursued things of big history and big patterns.

Chinanews.com: At present, many literary and artistic works are discussing marriage and relationship issues. Some people believe that women should live an independent and dignified life.

How do you feel about this?

Jiang Shengnan:

In China, in 1949, especially after the reform and opening up, a large number of women have generally improved their education level, and they have entered the society and have more opportunities and platforms to realize their self-worth.

Women are playing an increasingly important role in society.

Writer Jiang Shengnan.

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  For women, being human is not just about being someone’s wife or someone’s mother, you are also an independent person with your own unique existence value in society, in the work unit, and in the circle of friends.

  Women with independent thoughts and careers also call for finding a kind of soul resonance in literary images.

Why do people like Mi Yue and Xiao Yanyan?

I think it has something to do with the fact that many readers have seen a mapping of literary images.

  There is such a line in "The Legend of Miyue": "What should I do now?" "You think that is a desperate situation, that is a desperate situation. You think this is just a predicament, if you can get out, you can get out."

  This line of dialogue, I wrote to the reader, is also written to myself.

Because I have faced a state of extreme despair in my life.

But I believe that if I can come out, I will really come out.

Chinanews.com: What place does writing occupy in your life?

Jiang Shengnan:

I usually tend to write on historical themes, but no matter what the subject matter is, it reflects the current reality.

  Novels with themes of fantasy, rebirth, and time travel also reflect the "reality" of the times. After all, the author cannot exist without the times, and every work speaks for the present.

  Life and creation are two aspects of the same thing.

I will experience life and gain some insights from the people and things around me, which will become my inspiration for writing.

Writing is a way for me to experience life.

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