During the writing process of this book, the articles selected were basically the works that the author had published in columns on major websites. The author Zhang Ming is a professor at Renmin University and has a very profound research and understanding of Chinese history. According to the history of China, mainly the development of modern Chinese history, this book is divided into six parts: why the feudal dynasty perished, the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty, the smoke of the Republic of China, comparison between China and the West, changes in the times, and essays and anecdotes. In the first part, through in-depth analysis of issues such as the party strife in the Song Dynasty and the seclusion of the Qing Dynasty, the author concluded that the reason for the downfall of the feudal dynasty was excessive arrogance and bloated institutions; in the second part, the author reviewed and analyzed historical events such as the Westernization Movement, the Reform Movement of 1898, and Yuan Shikai's New Army, showing readers a clearer history of the late Qing Dynasty in detail; in the third part, the author reproduced the impact of the May Fourth Movement on China based on detailed historical materials. The driving force of development, and the exploitation of ordinary people by the policies of the Nationalist Government; in the fourth part, the author describes in detail the lives of foreigners living in Beijing and Shanghai in the 1920s to express the cultural conflict between the East and the West in a special period; in the fifth part, the author reflects on contemporary education and some social phenomena mainly from the perspective of teachers; in the sixth part, the author mainly includes the author's essays about life and life.
Reader comments
The following content has little to do with the title of the book, but it contains true feelings and profound disclosures of social phenomena and issues, inspiring and thinking. For the heroes who fought and sacrificed on the anti-Japanese battlefield, regardless of their party origin, whether they won or lost the battle, they should be fairly evaluated and respected. After reading the last chapter, I couldn't help but feel sad for the injustice suffered by the author's father and his comrades in that era.
This kind of writing structure that spans ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, has a very high knowledge content.
The following content has little to do with the title of the book, but it contains true feelings and profound disclosures of social phenomena and issues, inspiring and thinking. For the heroes who fought and sacrificed on the anti-Japanese battlefield, regardless of their party origin, whether they won or lost the battle, they should be fairly evaluated and respected. After reading the last chapter, I couldn't help but feel sad for the injustice suffered by the author's father and his comrades in that era.
This kind of writing structure that spans ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, has a very high knowledge content.