Read Zizhi Tongjian with Mao Zedong

"Zizhi Tongjian", referred to as "Tongjian", is a multi-volume chronological history book edited by Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty. It has a total of 294 volumes and took 19 years to complete. It uses time as the outline and events as the objectives. It starts from the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou Dynasty (403 BC) and ends with the conquest of Huainan in the 6th year of Emperor Xiande of the Later Zhou Dynasty (959 AD), covering 1362 years of history in 16 dynasties. It is China's first chronological general history and occupies a very important position in Chinese official history books.