Cambridge History of China (11 Volumes)

As a large history book, it is generally well compiled. The authors spent a lot of energy to comprehensively analyze and complete this thousands-year history as much as possible from political, economic, cultural, military and other aspects, and the painstaking effort spent can be seen. Although the authors have tried their best, the following phenomena will still inevitably occur: for example, due to the large number of editors with different nationalities, different language expressions, and unique writing styles, the content in the front and back parts of the book will appear verbose and messy when reading. For another example, because the author can only compile based on public historical data, many hidden historical data cannot be accessed or are directly missing, resulting in some contents being unclear or requiring speculation based on limited historical data. For example, Chinese characters and the authors' texts are different in their respective language systems, which makes it difficult to find suitable translations for many words...

Westerners study Chinese history and tell it to Westerners, and the Chinese translate it and read it themselves. You must read it, and you must identify it! Among them, Qin, Han, and Ming dynasties have special legal chapters, which are good information. Legal chapter is general.

The outside perspective is interesting

Wow, this book series "Cambridge History of China" is really great! It is edited by a number of well-known foreign scholars, absorbs the research results of scholars from various countries, and reflects the level and trends of foreign Chinese history research. The content of the book is very rich, covering various periods of Chinese history. Moreover, each volume is written by well-researched experts, making it feel very professional and authoritative to read. I especially like the wonderful descriptions of historical figures and events in the book, such as "The general trend of the world is that if it divides for a long time, it must unite, and if it unites for a long time, it must divide." This sentence really summarizes the development law of Chinese history. In short, this set of books is a must-see for those who are interested in Chinese history!

A very good book, I prefer to read it objectively

As a student majoring in history, I think Cambridge History of China is worth reading. It is very helpful for me to feel how the research directions of foreign scholars are different from ours, so that we can fully understand history and understand the analysis and understanding of history from different perspectives.

Don't believe or reject it entirely, look at it in conjunction with other materials

Quite pretty.

The content is detailed, the historical materials are sufficient, the views are objective and neutral, and it is of great reference value. It is a rare historical masterpiece.

More objective and comprehensive

Tomato is lucky to be able to review this book. To be honest, I didn't expect that a published book can be reviewed too.

Authoritative academic works from the 1980s and 1990s. It's a pity that it has been charged since the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Five thousand years is too close, fifty years is too far.