
A Brief History of China: China in the Context of World History
简读中国史:世界史坐标下的中国
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- Completed
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- 245k Words
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- Historical
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- Unknown
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- 5y ago
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Don't hesitate to praise! A very thought-provoking book. It is not as boring as chronicle writing, but like an argumentative essay, first put forward the theme, and then find evidence to prove it. Looking at history from a God's perspective, there is a sense of a broad pattern.
Teacher Zhang, this book is so wonderful. I have been studying and understanding some Chinese history, that is, the history of our country, but I have never understood much about world history. I only have a brief understanding of world history. After I read this book, I always applauded it. It was a very enlightening and enlightening moment. It allowed us to understand ourselves and the Western world more correctly. This book is so wonderful. Every time I read it, I sometimes frowned and sometimes burst into laughter. I feel that I have gained too much.
As someone who has read history books since I was 6 years old, this book resonated with me a lot. There are many historical laws that I have felt before when I read General History, but as soon as the author explained them, the vague feeling suddenly became clear.
History is an ancient and important science. As the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has never been interrupted, being familiar with its own history is of extraordinary significance to Chinese people. Compared with ordinary Chinese history books, this book is different in that the author understands Chinese history from the perspective of world history, rather than treating it as a blind spot of civilization that developed in isolation. In this way, a connection can be established between China and world civilizations in different periods that can be compared and referenced, allowing us to have a continuous understanding of China's position in the world and international relations.
The Chinese nation has a long tradition of five thousand years and is a model of agricultural civilization. How can it be so easy to understand? This brief history of China is an introductory book. It adopts a bird's-eye view of the narrative and tries to answer the changes in China from enfeoffment to feudalism and then to the evolution of modern systems: literary and military strategies, Wang Cheng and generals. People who are interested in China's traditional political system can pick up this book; internal and external troubles, fighting against foreign aggression and internal peace, and those who are interested in China's diplomacy and wars can also read this book. In short, as a popular historical science book, this book is still very successful.
I feel that this book focuses a bit on the comparison between modern Western democratically elected and parliamentary systems and China's autocratic system. It focuses more on the impact of geography on nations and countries, while ignoring the impact of the evolution of Chinese and Western cultures on a nation and even a country. For example, the Western Renaissance and the Chinese Hundred Schools of Thought are the background of these two societies. However, based on the author's in-depth research on Chinese and Western history and his interpretation from a relatively novel perspective, it is still a rare and good book for every reader who wants to have a deeper understanding of Chinese and Western history.
This book is about the history of China. But civilization never develops in isolation. From the moment it arises, it is influenced by factors from other civilizations in the world. This book puts Chinese history into the context of world history, clarifies the development of Chinese history, and helps readers establish an overall concept of Chinese history in a short period of time. The author has a strong understanding of Chinese history, and describes each historical turning point very smoothly. At the same time, he uses a "long-term, long-distance, and wide-field" interpretation method to comprehensively present the internal logic and external motivations behind the cycle of chaos in Chinese history.
History is an ancient and important science. As the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has never been interrupted, being familiar with its own history is of extraordinary significance to Chinese people. Compared with ordinary Chinese history books, this book is different in that the author understands Chinese history from the perspective of world history, rather than treating it as a blind spot of civilization that developed in isolation. In this way, a connection can be established between China and world civilizations in different periods that can be compared and referenced, allowing us to have a continuous understanding of China's position in the world and international relations.
"If you don't read Chinese history, you don't know the greatness of China; if you don't read world history, you don't know the characteristics of China." In other words, only by stepping out of a specific perspective can you discover the true face of China in history. This book is a general history book that analyzes the general context of Chinese history from the perspective of the world. A history book with a broad context. The author uses global thinking and looks at China from the world's perspective from a macro perspective. He also looks at the world from China's perspective. He compares China to an individual and the world to a group. How an individual's development appears in a group and how it affects the group, and how the group in turn affects the individual are all shown in this book.
Very unique perspective. Many people may feel uncomfortable or disagree with it after reading it, but I think no matter what, it is still a perspective on history that is worth learning from. In general, the views of this book are very sharp, but it can only be compared with the current environment. Of course, this part can only be made up by your own mind.