Ten miles out of Langluo, there was an academy governed by Confucian sages, and under them were nine gentlemen and three hundred scholars. It was a place that epitomized literary aura. All disciples of the academy, once appointed a gentleman, will cry out “one sentence” to become his life’s maxim and will forever strive towards this maxim. This maxim became known as “Jun You Yun” (A Gentleman Says). Su Baiyi, Feng Zuojun, and Xie Yuling were disciples of the Academy, all working hard to one day become a gentleman…... more>>

(Note: the story in this novel is not connected to the Shao Nian series but is set in the same universe a few hundred years before Shao Nian.) <<less