An Abridged History of China, Part 9

Zhao Kuangyin was an aspiring filmmaker. He once watched someone else put on a play. A general&rsquo;s men draped a dragon robe over their leader and declared him the next emperor. The general resisted, then accepted. But he wasn&rsquo;t impressed. The pacing had problems. It was too light on emotion. So he decided to remake it himself. A few years later, he directed the exact same play and cast…