China in the Past
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"Once Upon a Time in China" is a masterpiece of the famous Japanese scholar Yasuhiro Takeuchi's study of Chinese history. Taking the home and family in ancient Chinese society as the starting point for his research, Yasuhiro Takeuchi pays attention to the livelihood of ordinary people. Through the study of the relationship between individuals and families, and the relationship between individuals and society, he re-describes the life patterns of ordinary people (rather than emperors and generals) in ancient Chinese society and the history of social operations. If the choices made by human beings at various points in time and space are connected using the theory of cause and effect, history will form a context map. Yasuhiro Takeuchi uses the life of ordinary Chinese in ancient times as an observation perspective, trying to connect these historical cause and effect points and outline a picture of the life of the Chinese in the past. In this picture, people have social attributes of "private" and "public" dimensions, and these two attributes are intertwined and interesting. From Qin Shihuang to Puyi, this kind of life lasted for two thousand years. In the new era of society, how can we make life perfect? How can we live a safe life? How to think? How does one need to be born? The author believes that answers and inspiration to these questions can be found in ancient Chinese history.
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