Throwing Bombs into the History Section

[Pure Angst] [The Inherent Evil of Human Nature] [Discussions of History and Society] [Mobilization-Based View of History] [Historical Speculation]

Study the relationship between Heaven and humanity, understand the changes from ancient times to the present, and create a school of thought of one’s own.

This book is neither a hero-centered history nor a people-centered history. I believe both approaches view the rise and fall of dynasties from an external perspective.

They do not look at things from within, but history must be understood through its own development and transformation. I’d like to call this internal perspective the “mobilization-based view of history.”

Whether you’re reading historical records or historical fiction, it all boils down to who did what, which group went where and did what, and which groups various dynastic policies encouraged to do what.

I remember that at school we had “mobilization for the final exams.” Back in my hometown, there were slogans like “XX mobilizes the whole family.” It suddenly struck me that this, too, is part of history. Whether people are forced into prostitution or enticed with profit, the point is to get certain people to do certain things!

I’ll use the mobilization-based view of history to explain history’s visible surface, but first I’ll lay down the “skeleton,” which I’d call “the history of history,” “patterns,” or “the Way.”

Then comes the framework: the mobilization-based view of history.

Finally, I’ll tell the story from the Shang dynasty to the Ming dynasty, if I have the perseverance for it.

This is not a power fantasy. It’s relentlessly bleak and deeply realistic. The book won’t concern itself with the names of dynasties or people unless they’re necessary to mark a historical turning point. Otherwise, I won’t even mention them.

I’m not an AI. I won’t recite facts or simply translate classical Chinese into modern language, and I won’t write about political scheming either. By the time you finish this book, you’ll probably feel that even political scheming and “tactics” are nothing but crooked, underhanded tricks.

This book will blow your view of history to pieces!