Unofficial History Isn't Necessarily False

The official history writes about the country, while the unofficial history records the people's hearts. This book is very rigorously written, and it also expands the knowledge. This kind of writing thinking can benefit us a lot in study and life🌹

A very good book that discusses various unofficial histories from a political perspective. Although there are suspicions of conspiracy theories, the various reasons given are convincing enough. After reading it, you can look at those political figures from another angle.

The analysis is quite logical, but you really shouldn't take it seriously. There is historical data to support it, but some evaluation terms are still too subjective and should be viewed rationally. This book is suitable for those who are semi-rational, but if you read it with sensibility, you will gain a book of immense joy.

It was quite good, I couldn't finish it without missing a beat. The explanation is great, but a bit short. History is a girl at the mercy of others. It is written by the victors. The author starts from the historical background and analyzes the doubtful aspects, which is reasonable and well-founded.

It is more exciting to look at history from another angle. At the same time, you understand that official history is written by Victory, and unofficial history can better see the truth or details. Moreover, the author's writing is very good, the language is humorous and he can tell things accurately. I highly recommend everyone to read it.

I feel that this book does not have lengthy quotations from scriptures and is difficult to understand. Instead, he uses plain language to talk about it and reason out the truth of the matter with reasonable evidence. The author's logical thinking is very strong. Fascinating.

The language is humorous and the viewpoints are novel. It is suitable for those who are curious and like unofficial history. The author starts from the hints of ancient historical materials and combines his own reasonable speculations to analyze the possible truth of unofficial history. It is quite interesting, you can take a look!

Wang Lei's "Unofficial History May Not Be False" is a work that plays with "unofficial history fragments" in a new way. The best thing about it is not to verify the authenticity of unofficial history, but to use the "wildness" of unofficial history to tear open the gaps that have been whitewashed and omitted in the official historical narrative. The book does not pile up obscure historical materials, but uses vivid vernacular to weave the fragments of folk rumors and notes scattered into flesh-and-blood stories. Whether it is the secret thoughts of emperors and generals or the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, the author does not rush to make a conclusion of "true" or "false". Instead, he takes the readers to stand at the corner of history and ponder the "exceptions" that have been mentioned in the official history - for example, an unintentional remark by a powerful official of a certain dynasty may hide the fuse of the turmoil in the court; a song played by a certain brothel woman may have witnessed the rise and fall of the era. This way of writing makes "unofficial history" no longer an appendage of official history, but becomes another perspective from which to observe history. Of course, this book also has obvious shortcomings. In some chapters, in order to pursue the drama of the story, the adaptation of unofficial historical materials is a bit excessive, lacking the rigor of textual research; and the creation of some characters falls into the "black and white" routine, lacking the complexity that historical figures should have. But the flaws do not hide the flaws. For readers who like history but are tired of the rigid official history, "Unofficial History May Not Be Fake" is a very interesting read - it does not want to tell you "unofficial history is true", but to remind you: there is always more than one way to write history, and those "wild" hidden in the corners may be closer to the reality of human nature.

The history of ancient China is not comprehensive and may not be true because it is all man-made records. So unofficial history may just be the truth. For various reasons we cannot know what really happened, and it would be good to have more reasonable guesses. There are many possibilities in history! The author of this book writes humorously and the whole text is fluent. It is a rare good book!

The author uses a humorous style to analyze those widely circulated classic unofficial histories with logical reasoning. It allows readers to see the interesting side of history, and at the same time proves that history is indeed a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone. The fly in the ointment is that, as a human being, the author inevitably incorporates subjective factors into his objective analysis. Overall, a good piece of work.