"Cai Dongfan's History of China" is the vernacular version of Cai Dongfan's popular romances of the past dynasties. It is a vast and popular general history of China. The book contains more than a thousand chapters, covering several Spring and Autumn Periods, starting from the First Emperor of Qin to 1920, recording a total of 2166 years of history in 11 volumes. Its content spans a long time, has a large number of characters, and is huge in length, making it the best of all historical novels. He is known as "a historian of a generation and a magic pen for thousands of years".
In terms of the selection and use of historical materials, Cai Dongfan mainly focused on "official history" and also collected anecdotes and anecdotes. He claimed that he "takes official history as the basis and strives for certainty; uses anecdotes as the weft and does not make false accusations." He is extremely cautious in the use of historical materials such as anecdotes and anecdotes, and often "checks them several times."
In terms of genre, it highlights the characteristics of "righteousness is used to convey things, that is, to express feelings", and it writes its own text, self-written annotations, and self-written comments.
Reader comments
This book is very rich in content. The author is based on official history and also adds anecdotes and anecdotes to make the history more vivid and interesting. Moreover, this form of self-written annotations and comments is also unique, making it easier for me to understand historical events and characters. The book mentions Sima Zhao's heart, which is known to everyone on the street. It reminds me that there are many people like Sima Zhao in life who will do whatever it takes to achieve their own goals. However, history always repeats itself, and we can learn a lot of wisdom from it.
This book is very rich in content. The author is based on official history and also adds anecdotes and anecdotes to make the history more vivid and interesting. Moreover, this form of self-written annotations and comments is also unique, making it easier for me to understand historical events and characters. The book mentions Sima Zhao's heart, which is known to everyone on the street. It reminds me that there are many people like Sima Zhao in life who will do whatever it takes to achieve their own goals. However, history always repeats itself, and we can learn a lot of wisdom from it.
Very good, worthy of being a classic