Works of Shi Jingqian (12 Volumes in Total)

This collection of Shi Jingqian's works includes the following 12 works: "In Search of Modern China" takes the end of the 16th century as the starting point of the narrative and shows the changes in China's society, politics, economy, ideology and culture. "China Aspects" contains Shi Jingqian's most representative papers, reflecting his efforts to think about China as accurately, fairly and thoroughly as possible. "Matteo Ricci's Memory Palace" Shi Jingqian cleverly built a complete picture of the intersection of two great civilizations. We can also enter the memory palace created by Matteo Ricci and watch him sometimes be determined and sometimes confused in the unknown world. "Cao Yin and Kangxi" focuses on Cao Yin's life when he was in charge of weaving in Jiangnan. It describes and explores the interactive relationship between the ruler and the prosperous area in Jiangnan and its representatives, and depicts the racial contradictions and social conflicts under the surface of Kangxi's prosperous era. "Hu Ruowang's Questions" reproduces Hu Ruowang's adventures more than 200 years ago, and attempts to provide historical and cultural explanations for his doubts. The book "Changing China" is about Western consultants in China. For more than three hundred years from the 1620s to the 1950s, these people contributed excellent skills to the Chinese people. At the beginning, it introduced the theory of celestial body movement, and finally allowed the Chinese to see the magical skills of air combat tactics and atomic science. "The Kingdom of the Great Khan" has broadened our horizons to understand how the encounter, collision and interaction of different cultures are intricate, often thrilling and stranger than fiction. The literary narrative of "The Death of Wang" reproduces the lives of the rural people in Yancheng and Zichuan, Shandong in the early Qing Dynasty. One of the protagonists, Mrs. Wang, could not bear the pressure of life and eloped with others, but died tragically at the hands of her husband. "The Taiping Rebellion" provides an orderly historical context to understand Hong Xiuquan's inner world and trace the logic of his behavior. "Dayi Jue Mi Lu of the Yongzheng Dynasty" tells the detailed process of the formation, spread, ban and destruction of this strange book "Dayi Jue Mi Lu", and it contains many intriguing and incredible details. "Kangxi" tells the various joys, fears, suspicions, regrets, helplessness, and even memories and dreams of Kangxi's inner world through the words of Kangxi himself, so as to deeply understand Kangxi's personality traits and mental thoughts. "Dream Memories of the Past Dynasty" is framed with family anecdotes and the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of the great era. The glitz and desolation of Zhang Dai's life are faintly revealed between the intertwining dreams and memories.