"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". It writes its own text, self-written annotations, and self-written comments.
Reader comments
The writing is relatively objective. It describes all the various situations of the warlords' melee during the Republic of China. It is not seen in history textbooks. It allows readers to fully understand the historical facts at that time. It is indeed very confusing. They fight with each other every day, and no one accepts anyone. The most pitiful people are the common people. If you think about it, you can know that it is better for the soldiers to win the war, but it is the common people who suffer if they lose the war. Therefore, peaceful times are so precious. Everyone has the obligation to maintain national peace and maintain the tranquility of people's lives!
Zhengchengxin's vernacular writing is easy to read. Thank you to the author! Hats off to the author!
A rare history book about the Republic of China
A good book worth reading. In the early years of the Republic of China, the warlords were in chaos. By the time of the Republic of China, there was cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Good book.
The content is exciting and engaging.
It can let people understand the situation of the Republic of China, how difficult the people's lives were at that time, and how profound the suffering the war caused to the people ~
Come on, come on, come on!
The content is detailed, objective and true.
Finished reading at 23:30 on December 9, 2025 [OK]
Although there are many inner descriptions, they should be reasoning. But. Just don't care. [Laughing and crying][laughing and crying][laughing and crying]
The writing is relatively objective. It describes all the various situations of the warlords' melee during the Republic of China. It is not seen in history textbooks. It allows readers to fully understand the historical facts at that time. It is indeed very confusing. They fight with each other every day, and no one accepts anyone. The most pitiful people are the common people. If you think about it, you can know that it is better for the soldiers to win the war, but it is the common people who suffer if they lose the war. Therefore, peaceful times are so precious. Everyone has the obligation to maintain national peace and maintain the tranquility of people's lives!
Zhengchengxin's vernacular writing is easy to read. Thank you to the author! Hats off to the author!
A rare history book about the Republic of China
A good book worth reading. In the early years of the Republic of China, the warlords were in chaos. By the time of the Republic of China, there was cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Good book.
The content is exciting and engaging. It can let people understand the situation of the Republic of China, how difficult the people's lives were at that time, and how profound the suffering the war caused to the people ~
Come on, come on, come on!
The content is detailed, objective and true.
Finished reading at 23:30 on December 9, 2025 [OK]
Although there are many inner descriptions, they should be reasoning. But. Just don't care. [Laughing and crying][laughing and crying][laughing and crying]