Popular Romance of the Past Dynasties: Popular Romance of Qing History (complete Collection)
by Cai Dongfan
About This Novel
This book is the simplified version of "The Popular Romance of Cai Dongfan's Past Dynasties" printed by Huiwentang in 1935. After the Qing army entered the customs, it became the second foreign regime after the Mongols. It established the heyday of Kang, Yongzong and Qianlong and determined the territory of modern China. While the Western world was undergoing rapid changes due to the Industrial Revolution, the Qing Empire, which was in a state of stagnation, could not escape reality after all. The people are suffering, and the West is coveting it. An Opium War pulled China into the category of modern history. In the next half century, China suffered from internal and external troubles and wars, which severely damaged its vitality. Although there were later reforms such as the Westernization Movement and the Reform Movement, they ended up being blocked by the conservative faction. The anti-foreign movement also led to the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, which eventually ceded territory and paid indemnities, leaving the Qing Empire unable to revive. In the end, the battle of Wuchang ruined the Qing Dynasty, and also ended the imperial era of more than two thousand years.
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