Modern History of China

"Modern History of China" is written by the historian Jiang Tingfu. From the Opium War to the Revolution of 1911, from the Westernization Movement to the Hundred Days Reform, from Zeng Guofan to Kang Youwei, from Li Hongzhang to Sun Yat-sen, this book narrates the evolution and characters of nearly a century. There is no boring textual research and no accumulation of historical materials, but it fully shows the future of the country, the destiny of the nation and the development trend of society. The book takes China's modernization as a clue and believes that "whether the Chinese can modernize will determine the rise or fall of the country." It mainly elaborates on the self-improvement efforts of modern people and the reasons for their failure in the face of "big changes not seen in thousands of years." It then proposes that "modern national defense not only requires modern transportation, education, and economy, but also modern politics and citizens. Half-new and half-old are useless." The historical framework and chronological history system constructed in this book once led the trend of modern history research and were highly praised by later researchers. It is called the pioneering work of modern Chinese history research.