"Zizhi Tongjian" is not only a chronological history book, but also an entry-level political textbook. This attribute makes this historian's classic difficult to understand. It's not that I can't understand history, it's that I can't understand the "political lessons" that Sima Guang implanted in it—games, intrigues, strategies, and the "Confucianism" that Sima Guang clung to.
This work narrates history in easy-to-understand language, and uses vernacular to analyze the various jokes planted by Sima Guang.
Whether you like history or not, it is worth understanding the politics, political games, and strategies of the feudal dynasties. These logics can make us understand the world and understand people.
