刘保昌的长篇历史题材小说《楚武王》,以细腻生动的文笔展现了楚武王所处历史时期的风云突变。在一系列历史风云的书写中,作者通过刻画楚武王熊通、公子瑕、斗仲比、卢妫、月容等一大批鲜活的人物形象,试图改变“中原正统”史观下被丑化、歪曲的楚王和楚人形象,还原历史真实,从而达到为楚人和楚王正名的创作目的。 Liu Baochang’s long historical theme novels “Chu Wu Wang”, with exquisite vivid writing shows the sudden changes in the historical period of Chu Wuwang. In a series of historical writing, the author attempts to change the “Central Plains Orthodox” concept of history by depicting a large number of vivid characters such as Xiong Tong, son of son, Douzubi, Lu Xun, Vilified and distorted images of the Chu king and the Chu people, restoring their historical realities so as to achieve the goal of creating a proper name for the Chu people and the Chu king.