Tongjian Chronicles (set of 19 Volumes in Total)
by Bo Yang
About This Novel
Editor's recommendation: 177 events were written in more than 1,300 years of history. Read the tome "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". Taking the "Tongjian" incident as the theme, Bo Yang wrote "Bo Yang's Edition of Tongjian Chronicles", with creative interpretation, refinement, development and extension, and new perspectives and perspectives. The historical materials are comprehensive and the academic style is rigorous. The whole book adopts the AD chronology, and notes the modern names and official names of ancient places and modern translations. It also adds maps by hand, making it suitable for contemporary readers. Compared with "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Zizhi Tongjian", this book breaks the constraints of time and makes it easier for readers to accurately grasp the beginning and end of events. Throughout the book, you can have a panoramic view of the historical events of more than 1,300 years. Authoritative recommendations by Bai Yansong, Feng Jicai, Hun Zige, Lei Yi, Qian Liqun, and Chen Xiaoming. Content introduction: "Bo Yang's Edition of Tongjian Chronicles" (19 volumes in total) is a chronicle-style history book based on "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Zizhi Tongjian" by the writer Mr. Bo Yang, who re-cut and adapted 1362 historical materials from 403 BC to AD 959 into 177 major events. Beginning in 1983, Bo Yang spent 10 years translating "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" into modern vernacular and compiled the chronicle "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Zi Zhi Tong Jian". Due to the limitations of chronicles, which are confusing and complex, it is difficult to grasp the causes and consequences of historical events. Therefore, Mr. Boyang used Yuan Shu's method of compiling "Tongjian Chronicles", based on "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Zizhi Tongjian", and took the "Tongjian" incident as the theme, re-cut and adapted it according to its causes and consequences, and completely recorded 177 major historical events, and compiled "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Tongjian Chronicles" (19 volumes in total). "Boyang Edition of Tongjian Chronicles" retains features such as the AD chronology, modern annotations of place names, modern translations of official names, and additional maps drawn by the author himself. It continues the author's sharp and sophisticated writing style and independent and unruly academic style. Compared with "Bo Yang's Vernacular Edition of Zizhi Tongjian", it is more convenient for contemporary readers to accurately grasp the whole story of the incident. About the author: Bai Yang (1920-2008), a native of Huixian County, Henan Province. A contemporary Chinese writer who was once listed as one of the "Taiwan's Top Ten Best-Selling Writers". Since the 1950s, he has been engaged in novel creation under the name Guo Yidong, which is the beginning of his writing career. In the 1960s, he wrote essays for Taiwan's Zili Evening News and Gonglunbao under the pen name Bo Yang. He was considered the greatest essayist after Lu Xun. On March 7, 1968, he was arrested for the "Popeye" incident and was not released until April 1, 1977. Starting in 1983, he spent ten years translating Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian", breaking the previous patent that only senior intellectuals could read "Tongjian", and using modern terminology for annotation, giving the obscure ancient humanities masterpiece a new modern look. His creative career can be roughly divided into ten years of novels, ten years of essays, ten years of history, and ten years of "Tongjian". He wrote a lot in his life. His works include a wide range of genres, including novels, essays, poems, reportage, historical works, etc. Representative works: "Bo Yang's Vernacular Version of Zizhi Tongjian", "Bo Yang's Version of Zizhi Tongjian's Chronicles", "The Ugly Chinese" and "Outline of Chinese History".
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