Two Thousand Years of History of China (volume 5 Ming and Qing 2)
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"Two Thousand Years of History of China" is Deng Zhicheng's most famous and representative work. This book was originally a lecture notes for his lectures at Peking University, and its original name was "Lecture Notes on the General History of China". Originally there were only two volumes, the first and the middle volumes. In the early 1930s, this incomplete lecture was selected as a type of "University Series", renamed "Two Thousand Years of History of China", and published publicly. In the early 1950s, Mr. Deng continued the second volume, and the whole book was completed, which took more than 20 years and more than 2 million words. Starting from the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty in the Revolution of 1911, it spans more than two thousand years. It can be said to be the first general history after "Tongjian". The purpose of the whole book is to look at the historical facts of the rise and fall of the past dynasties from beginning to end, to recognize their successes and failures, to identify the characters, and to review strategies for future generations to learn from. This is quite similar to the legacy of "Tongjian". The historian's awareness and Spring and Autumn writing style revealed in the book are also inspired by the spirit of "Tongjian", which reflects Deng Zhicheng's overall awareness and ability to corroborate historical facts as a historian.
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