The Postscript outlines the aftermath of Gao Pian’s assassination, in Huainan and beyond, formulates several salient conclusions, and pinpoints the historiographical issues the book raises. In “A Meeting of Ghosts,” Gao Pian’s spirit makes an appearance in Runzhou in the company of three historical statesmen, all past victims of political violence. The apparition takes place in 907, shortly after the Tang’s demise. “Auguries of a New Order” narrates the fall of the Tang, describes the multipolar structure of power rising from the ruins of the empire, and analyzes Gao Pian’s part in shaping that emerging new order. “Fact and Fiction” then asks what can be learned from the divergences between Gao’s image in contemporary writings and official historiography. “Center and Periphery,” finally, discusses the historiographical focus of this book on regional perspectives and individual biography and, more generally, the capacity of microhistory to throw light on macrohistorical events.