Collapse of Empire

Collapse of Empire

by Zhang Ming

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During the writing process of this book, the articles selected were basically the works that the author had published in columns on major websites. The author Zhang Ming is a professor at Renmin University and has a very profound research and understanding of Chinese history. Based on Chinese history, mainly the development of modern Chinese history, this book is divided into six parts: why the feudal dynasty perished, the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty, the smoke of the Republic of China, comparison between China and the West, changes in the times, and essays and anecdotes. In the first part, through in-depth analysis of issues such as the party strife in the Song Dynasty and the seclusion of the Qing Dynasty, the author concluded that the reason for the downfall of the feudal dynasty was excessive arrogance and bloated institutions; in the second part, the author reviewed and analyzed historical events such as the Westernization Movement, the Reform Movement of 1898, and Yuan Shikai's New Army, showing readers a clearer history of the late Qing Dynasty in detail; in the third part, the author reproduced the impact of the May Fourth Movement on China based on detailed historical materials. The promotion of development, and the exploitation of ordinary people by the policies of the National Government; in the fourth part, the author shows the manifestations of the cultural conflict between the East and the West in special periods through detailed descriptions of the lives of foreigners living in Beijing and Shanghai in the 1920s; in the fifth part, the author reflects on contemporary education and some social phenomena mainly from the perspective of teachers; in the sixth part, the author mainly includes the author's essays about life and life.

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