General History of China. Volume 2

In the book "General History of China", we have adopted a completely different third approach, trying to reduce subjective evaluations, expanding our horizons from traditional aspects such as the rice economy, dynastic family systems, foreign invasions from northern nomads, and Confucian classical orthodoxy. We have included major historical events in agriculture, science, handicrafts, culture, tax systems, legal systems, bureaucracies, etc. Into the book, and transformed the imperial genealogical nature of traditional Chinese history books into the nature of a historical encyclopedia. Although we strive to use line drawings to present the facts of Chinese history, no one can expect that a history book can tell all the rise and fall, humanistic trends, and regulations and systems in China's history. After all, the five thousand years of glorious China's historical accumulation are too heavy for a book to bear. We just hope that the clever and meticulous textual description in the book can make you feel the grand national power of the Tang Dynasty and the economic boom of the Song Dynasty. The vivid pictures of cultural relics can make you feel the brutal killing strategy and the majesty of the strong cavalry. The weathered real-life pictures can let you feel the artistic charm of the grottoes of the Northern Dynasties and the dance pavilions of the Southern Dynasties... In addition to allowing readers to dream back to the previous dynasties in the pictures and texts, we also hope to make the heavy historical facts concise and let the wisdom in history enlighten your life.