History of Chinese Tomb Robbery. Ancient Figures Volume

Name: History of Chinese Tomb Robbery. Ancient Figures Volume
Author: Ni Fangliu

中国盗墓史.古代人物卷

by Ni Fangliu (倪方六)

Status: Completed
Length: 227k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: History and Culture
Updated: 4y ago
Source: Fanqie

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8.6Score

14Chapters

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Synopsis

"The History of Chinese Tomb Robbers: Ancient Figures" is the first book in Ni Fangliu's "General History of Tomb Robbers" series. It is an alternative "biography" with a unique theme written by the famous historian and best-selling author Ni Fangliu. It can be regarded as "Biographies of Chinese Tomb Robbers". The book is divided into nine parts: emperors, kings, ministers, Confucians, soldiers, bandits, monks, eunuchs, and people. It is based on human lines and lists 22 major tomb robbers in China's two to three thousand years of tomb robbing history, as well as representative tomb robbing phenomena of various dynasties, various classes, and various motives. It unfolds one by one in a story-telling way. The book touches on historical anecdotes or secrets, and the materials cited in the book are rich and informative. Many of them come from historical documents and ancient people's notes, and some even borrow from archaeological reports. The content is both popular and informative. The overall writing style is simple and lively, interesting and beautiful.

Reader comments

It is indeed wonderful. It's just that the author seems to only agree with the tomb robbers who were punished by God, but has no sympathy for the craftsmen who were unjustly killed, and dare not point to the emperors of the past dynasties who almost caused the killing at birth.
18 likes4y ago
This book is very interesting! The author Ni Fangliu wrote "Biographies of Chinese Tomb Robbers" in the form of storytelling, with a unique perspective and rich content, involving various historical anecdotes and secrets. Moreover, this book is informative and not boring at all. I think Ni Fangliu is quite amazing. He can write about such an unpopular subject so vividly and interestingly, which is eye-catching!
7 likes2y ago
Essential for getting rich
6 likes4y ago
A relatively comprehensive book, the chapter on tomb robbers introduces each person's reasons for robbing tombs and some important experiences from the perspective of personal and historical background. This book quotes a lot of historical data, and it can be seen that the author has put a lot of effort into it, and it is worth recommending. There are some minor errors in details in this book, but they do not affect reading. I don't know whether it is an error in the app or whether it is written like this in the original book. Overall, it does not affect viewing.
4 likes2y ago
The author has worked hard
3 likes4y ago
Okay, it's quite detailed. It will be better only if you understand who the enemy is...
2 likes3y ago