Everyone's Little Book: an Outline of the History of the Two Song Dynasties
by Zhang Yinlin
About This Novel
Zhang Yinlin had written plans for the Song history part of "Outline of Chinese History" during his lifetime, namely: 1. The founding and scale of the Song Dynasty; 2. Foreign invasion and reform in the Northern Song Dynasty; 3. Literature and thought in the Song Dynasty; 4. The rise of the Jurchens and the wars between the Song and Jin Dynasties; 5. The rise of Mongolia and the collapse of the Jin and Song Dynasties. But he passed away before he was halfway through writing. This book uses Zhang's drafted chapter titles as an outline, and includes the entire content of the written Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and the first section of the missing Chapter 3. It also selects relevant topics from Zhang's papers and appends them to each chapter, so that readers can deepen their understanding of the history of the Song Dynasty and Zhang Yinlin's historical achievements.
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