Great Song Times Weekly

The Dà Sòng Times Weekly is a long-form historical time-travel web novel by online author Dai Xiaolou, serialized on platforms such as Qidian and Chuangshi. The story begins with Chinese American youth Chen Baoluo traveling back to the Northern Song dynasty: relying on modern knowledge, he opens a martial arts school in Bianjing, and gradually becomes entangled with figures from popular storytelling cycles such as The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants, The Yang Generals, The Hu Generals, and The Cases of Judge Bao, developing various grudges and bonds with classic characters including Bai Yutang, the Eighth Prince, Grand Preceptor Pang, Yang Wenguang, and the shrewish Liu Yue'e. Centered on Chen Baoluo's founding of the Dà Sòng Times Weekly, the novel interweaves court intrigue, martial-world feuds, street life, and literati pastimes, while also depicting power struggles among Song, Liao, and Western Xia and incorporating imaginative elements such as mechanical inventions and concealed-weapon techniques, creating a parallel Song world that is both familiar and absurd. The work adopts a storyteller's narrative language, interspersed with original poetry and martial-world faction settings; its tone is humorous and witty, and its plain descriptive skill is often praised by readers for its portrayal of Song-era urban customs and folk life. The book runs to roughly one million words, is a VIP serialized work, and was never formally completed.