Nanjing Biography

About This Novel

"Nanjing Biography" is a special biography of Chinese history, a Chinese history based on Nanjing. To understand Nanjing is to understand Chinese history. The ancient capital of six dynasties and the metropolis of ten dynasties uses history as a guide to comb through the history of Nanjing, from Sun Quan's move to rule in 211 to the millions of troops crossing the river in 1949. As a recognized writer, Ye Zhaoyan has a unique understanding of Nanjing, which he has written about for forty years. In this "Nanjing Biography", which is the culmination of his forty years of writing, Ye Zhaoyan uses history as a guide to comb through the history of Nanjing: from Sun Quan's move to Moling in 211 AD to the millions of troops crossing the river in 1949, through the hegemony of the Eastern Wu, the golden powder of the Six Dynasties, the Pian'an of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the ups and downs of the Republic of China. How did Nanjing develop step by step? Moling, Jianye, Stone City, Jiankang, what is the historical significance of the ancient names of Nanjing? From bamboo fences to Ming city walls, how did the urban system evolve? Sun Quan, Xiao Yan, Li Bai, Yan Zhenqing, Li Yu, Wang Anshi, Xin Qiji, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Matteo Ricci, Zhang Zhidong, Sun Yat-sen, what immortal legends did these figures leave in Nanjing? ... Ye Zhaoyan, a Nanjing native, was a writer and historian who "looked at Chinese history through the window of Nanjing", peeling off the cocoons and explaining it in detail. Here, Nanjing is not only a narrative space, but also a platform with distant views, and "Nanjing Biography" can also be regarded as a Chinese history based on Nanjing.

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