Nian Dang Ming Yue, whose real name is Shi Yue, is a male civil servant of Shunde Customs; an associate researcher, a member of the Ming History Society, a young historian, a pioneer of spiritual history, a host of cultural and historical programs on many domestic TV stations, and a best-selling author. His work "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has sold over five million copies and is the best-selling historical textbook in the past 30 years. It has won many honors such as the "Sina Book Ranking" Best Book, Dangdang.com's "Lifetime Five-Star Best Book", and "Excellent Amazon Bestseller Award". It ranks among the top ten bestsellers in the country and ranked first in the 2007-2008 series of bestsellers. The series of works has been translated into Japanese, Korean, English and other languages ​​for publication.

Born in 1980, he is currently an anti-smuggling policeman of the General Administration of Customs of China. He started his career on the Internet with "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and was well received by readers. Dangnian Mingyue can be regarded as the master of grassroots history telling. Everyone's recognition confirms Dangnian Mingyue's words: "History should be written beautifully." The Internet celebrity was originally considered "very ordinary" by the leaders, but was reused after becoming famous. He was recently seconded to Beijing (as the editor of the magazine "Golden Key" under the General Administration of Customs).

Although it is still telling history, Dangnian Mingyue's writing style is not the same as those of previous historical books. It is a kind of lively and vivid writing style that is full of vitality and vitality, and every word is about to jump out. In his writing, the characters are no longer a stereotyped name and symbol, but a living person, and those events are even more ups and downs, which makes people unable to stop reading. The art of power, the strategy of war, and the art of trickery are very appetizing.

History can be seen from the side as a mountain and from the side as a peak. Dangnian Mingyue and his "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" obviously did not get flowers. The debate and questioning about Dangnian Mingyue on the Internet has never stopped. A famous online writer who is loved, praised, criticized and attacked by others, deserves to be our candidate for the new writer of the year.

Nian Danmingyue, the founder of spiritual history in 2006, emphasizes that writing history is writing people, and writing people is writing hearts. The long article "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" suddenly became popular on Tianya Forum and later moved to Sina. The monthly hits of Tianya and Sina exceeded one million, causing the "Ming Alum" riots, and the relevant incidents were named "Mingyue Gate" by the media.

As of 2008, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" (launched by Dangnian Mingyue on Sina's blog) has been published in five volumes by China Friendship Publishing House and two volumes by China Customs Publishing House.