"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.
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The book "History of the Song Dynasty" is wonderful! It tells the history of the Song Dynasty in vernacular, making it easy for ordinary people like me to understand. I especially like the plot in the book about Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe. It feels very dramatic. Moreover, the author is very rigorous in the selection of historical materials, which helped me learn a lot of historical knowledge. I think this book is worth reading!
The book "History of the Song Dynasty" is wonderful! It tells the history of the Song Dynasty in vernacular, making it easy for ordinary people like me to understand. I especially like the plot in the book about Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe. It feels very dramatic. Moreover, the author is very rigorous in the selection of historical materials, which helped me learn a lot of historical knowledge. I think this book is worth reading!
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