My Dream of Chinese Studies: a New Complete Book of Chinese History

Chinese history is about 5,000 years old starting from the mythical age of Pangu, God, and Nuwa; about 4,200 years old starting from the Xia Dynasty; about 4,600 years old starting from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; and about 2,200 years old starting from the Qin Dynasty, when China first established a unified and centralized system. China has gone through many evolutions and dynasty changes. The longer-lasting dynasties include Xia, Shang, Zhou, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Throughout history, the Central Plains dynasties continued to interact and fight with the nomadic peoples of the north, and many ethnic groups merged to form the Chinese nation. After the Revolution of 1911 in the early 20th century, it was replaced by a republican system of government. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.