The Civilization of the Two Song Dynasties: Rethinking Three Hundred Years of Song History
两宋文明——重解宋朝三百年
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 559k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Unknown
- Updated
- 1y ago
- Source
- Fanqie
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Reader comments 68
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I just happened to be watching Taiping Year, so I can better understand the history of the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Song Dynasty.
The historical context is clear, and the author's analysis and explanation are refreshing.
The writing is relaxed and delicate! The characters come alive!
This book is very interesting. When introducing history, the ideas are clear and logical. Each section has a central focus and the structure is rigorous. At the same time, during the narration process, the background material of the event is added in a timely manner, so that readers can know the truth and the reasons without confusion.
A rare good book, I can't stop reading [laughing]
It's nice to talk about it eloquently and analyze it in detail.
After reading about the Song Dynasty's advocating for literature and suppressing martial arts, I thought that in today's world, "science" is emphasized over "liberal arts". Human beings cannot just explore and claim the world. To put it poorly, they invade and plunder the earth's resources without thinking about the human spiritual world. Human beings have already been overwhelmed by nature's invasion of the earth's resources. There are a lot of extreme weather conditions, and scenes from the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" may appear in the near future. With the current high level of civilization, I feel that everyone is a human on earth, and there should no longer be differences between countries. We should pay more attention to the transformation of spiritual thoughts. Human beings need ancient philosophers like Confucius, Socrates, etc.
From this article, I review the entire history of the Song Dynasty with the author. The author strives to be fair and puts forward his own views, especially the reforms and peace negotiations, which are very different from the history textbooks. However, the author's analysis seems quite objective, and some of them are quite reasonable. It is not the simplified and stereotyped definition of the textbook. To explore whether the author's views are correct and whether he agrees or disagrees with them, one needs to read a large amount of historical materials to verify them. This article opens a door to the history of the Song Dynasty for us. It is indeed beneficial to open the book!
The point of view is clear, the language is humorous, the coverage is extensive, and it is very interesting!
The writing is fascinating and full of ups and downs.