An Outline of Chinese History

This book was written by Zhang in response to an invitation from the Ministry of Education to publish a high school history textbook. Before the initial work was completed, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident occurred, which was postponed for five years. Zhang Jing died, and his writings ended in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is a pity that we cannot see the style of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the following years. Looking at his books now, we can see three things. First, it establishes the standard of general history, and then uses philosophy to innovate theoretical concepts and thinking methods, and uses sociology to understand social structures and changes in history. The first is; the whole book does not have lengthy citations and textual research, but it also integrates the achievements of predecessors and tells it in a story-telling way, which can be said to explain the profound things in a simple way. The writing is smooth and ingenious, three things. There are two shortcomings: it starts from the Yin and Shang Dynasties without mentioning ancient history, it cannot be concluded from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the chronology does not include ancient and modern times. There are no pictures or tables to accompany it, that's the second thing.

I like the heroes in the book the most. They are all so brave and I admire them very much. But I don't like those bad guys, they always do bad things and are annoying. I think this book is very suitable for us children to read, and it can teach us a lot of knowledge!

It's very interesting and easy to explain in simple terms, making it easy for history buffs like me to get started.