Six Cases in Ancient History

Chinese historiography is the most developed and can be regarded as a reliable history. Even so, there are still a lot of doubts, including many historical examples that are familiar to the world. This is the case with the "six cases" written in this book - the burning of books and the entrapment of Confucian scholars, the end of Emperor Jianwen, Zheng He's voyages to the West, Wang Anshi's Reform, the Salt and Iron Conference of the Western Han Dynasty, the mystery of Laozi and his books, Zhao Kuangyin and his research on the Southern Tang Dynasty. The events and characters they involve are famous in history and can be said to be household names. However, the details of the knowledge are actually full of uncertain and even unknown factors. Many casual readers know nothing about this. This book examines the literature extensively and makes a microscope-like analysis and cracking of the "Six Cases". It is both informative, suspenseful and academic.