The Complete Version of Tongjian Chronicles (annotated Version, 42 Volumes in Total)
by Yuan Shu
About This Novel
The four highlights of this set of books: 1) It is easy to read and understand "Zi Zhi Tong Jian": "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" is so popular that few people can read it. One of the important reasons is: Zizhi Tongjian is a chronological book. One thing is separated by several volumes, and there are too many story lines, which makes reading confusing. This way of writing is too burdensome for non-history majors to read. But if you are just interested in it and want to know what is written. What to do? You need a book that can help you integrate the events scattered in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", tell you one issue at a time, and tell you the complete story from beginning to end. And what completes this work is this set of books. 2) Authoritative version: The current version of "Tongjian Chronicles" currently on the market is the version by Taiwanese writer Bo Yang. It is not a compilation of the original work. Many places have been deleted and arbitrarily used. This version of "Tongjian Chronicles" is the first complete, comprehensive and rigorous annotation, translation and interpretation so far. Based on the 1964 edition of "Tongjian Chronicles" published by Zhonghua Book Company, there are more than 250 corrections and corrections in the original text. The annotations are extremely detailed and detailed explanations of names of people, place names, allusions, official positions, etc. Are provided to reduce the difficulty of reading. 3) Results of joint research: This book adopts the form of joint research and organizes experts and scholars from more than ten universities and scientific research institutions including Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Minzu University of China, Capital Normal University, Shanxi University, etc. To form a group advantage. The other editors-in-chief of this book, Wang Yongping, Ning Xin, and Li Hongbin, are all well-known scholars in the field of history. Their participation became the most important booster for the completion of this book. Combining the original text and new archaeological discoveries, professional historical and geographical experts were invited to draw more than 200 professional-level schematic maps of regions, wars, situations, palaces, etc. 4) Touching publication story: Wei Chao, the investor who promoted the publication of this book, graduated from the Philosophy Department of Peking University and has been in business for nearly 30 years. He loves reading and has a special liking for traditional Chinese culture. While reading "Zizhi Tongjian", he also encountered the problem of historical events being separated from beginning to end and difficult to grasp, so he began to use "Tongjian Chronicles" to assist in reading "Tongjian". At the same time, he thought that perhaps there were more history buffs who felt the same way. Therefore, he hired relevant experts and scholars, invested money, and began the work of collating and translating the book with detailed annotations. This book is also a testimony of the friendship between classmates. Pan Bangshun, editor of Zhejiang People's Publishing House, and Si Jinghui of Beijing Daily Publishing House were both Wei Chao's college classmates. They both expressed their high appreciation for Wei Chao's publishing plan and gave them their greatest support. Si Jinghui also made a lot of contributions to this book. He was involved from the beginning to the end, from the creation of an example to the typesetting and printing. As classmates, the three of them also hope to commemorate those beautiful years of youth through such a collaboration.
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Official(1)Scraped 24d ago
As a derivative of Tongjian, this book can still be read.
Compared with the original, the only advantage of this book is that it writes the historical events from beginning to end, making it easier to read. It seems convenient, but in fact, the internal logic of historical events is artificially separated. It is impossible to see the evolution of Chinese history from each title. It is no wonder that this book has not been paid much attention to. Personally, I think it can only be used as an auxiliary reading for reading Tongjian, and it can still be read.
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Official(1)Scraped 24d ago
As a derivative of Tongjian, this book can still be read.
Compared with the original, the only advantage of this book is that it writes the historical events from beginning to end, making it easier to read. It seems convenient, but in fact, the internal logic of historical events is artificially separated. It is impossible to see the evolution of Chinese history from each title. It is no wonder that this book has not been paid much attention to. Personally, I think it can only be used as an auxiliary reading for reading Tongjian, and it can still be read.
