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Yueyang Tower (World Wonder)

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Mod: Gameplay, Rise and Fall, Gathering Storm, Buildings

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9 May @ 4:05am

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Description

"Be the first to worry about the affairs of the state, and be the last to enjoy oneself."
- Fan Zhongyan

Yueyang Tower is located on the shore of Dongting Lake, south of the Yangtze River. Yueyang Tower was praised for its grand and elegant structure, its helmet-shaped roof lined with vivid-colored tiles, and its breathtaking scenery. As the saying goes, "Dongting is the best water of All under Heaven, and Yueyang is the best tower of All under Heaven". Yueyang Tower was originally built by Lu Su during the Three Kingdoms Period as a military watchtower, to supervise the navy training in Dongting Lake. Over time, it gradually lost its military function. Due to its proximity to the Yangtze River and the Dongting Lake, Yueyang Tower was easily accessible by land and water. Added with the scenic beauty, many literati had climbed the tower and wrote write poems on their journey from the north to the south (indeed, quite a few of them were forced to travel as they were demoted to the southern part of the country). During the Northern Song Dynasty, Teng Zongliang (also known as Teng Zijing) was demoted to Yue Province as a victim of smear tactics, and he rebuilt Yueyang Mansion and constructed the Yanhong Waterworks. After the restoration of Yueyang Tower, he wrote a letter to his friend Fan Zhongyan, and asked the latter to write a passge for the commemorating the event. Fan Zhongyan wrote the masterpiece “Memorial to Yueyang Tower”. The famous quote “be the first to worry about the affairs of the state, and be the last to enjoy oneself” came from this passage, and was considered an exemplar of the Chinese scholar-bureacrats' ideals to serve the society.

Yueyang Tower

Grants a free Great Writer. Incomplete wonders provide -10% Great Person points to their cities. All completed wonders (including Yueyang Tower itself) provides +10% Great Person points to their cities. Must be built next to a River adjacent to the City Center. +2 Great Writer points 2 Great Works of Writing slots Unlocked at the Defensive Tactics civic.

Great Writers

This mod also adds 3 Medieval Era Great Writers of the Song Dynasty:

Fan Zhongyan: Rhapsody of the Spirit Crow, Memorial to Yueyang Tower
Ouyang Xiu: An Account of the Old Toper's Pavilion, Rhapsody of Autumn Sounds
Zeng Gong: Memorial to the Heartwaking Pavilion, Memorial to the Ink Pond

Supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.

Notes

Again, I am fully aware there are hundreds of writers of the Song Dynasty, and this mod just adds Fan Zhongyan and his political allies to fit with the theme. I am going to publish more Great Writers, so please be patient.
Unlike Bronze Bird Pavilion and Pavilion of Prince Teng, there is no special cure for headache this time.

Credits
Special thanks to IthildinX and MC100 for importing the model.

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