Xu Zhuoyun Talks About History: the Rise and Fall of Great Powers' Hegemony

The rise and fall of a dynasty can be summed up in one sentence: whether the core of public power is released. ——Xu Zhuoyun Mr. Xu Zhuoyun, with his profound knowledge of integrating the East and the West and connecting the past and the present, deeply analyzed from the perspective of systems theory the success and failure of the hegemony of great powers at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. In the Chinese history section, starting from the Qin and Han Empires, the book outlines and outlines the impact of the dispersion and aggregation of the organizational structures of Chinese dynasties on their existence, and briefly outlines the general context of Chinese history. In terms of world history, the book focuses on analyzing the causes of the success and failure of the Roman Empire, and then compares its similarities and differences with modern powers such as the Netherlands and the British Empire, and then reflects on the loss of the Christian spirit in the United States today.