A volume of secret history hides the rise and fall, and half a lifetime of personal experience writing about the Spring and Autumn Period. You can fully understand the truth about the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty written by Xihua Louzhu.
The vernacular version of "Secret History of the Qing Dynasty", the masterpiece handed down by Xihua Louzhu (Wang Kaiyun), a leading figure in Hunan studies, is now online! From the unique perspective of those who have witnessed it, the secret veil of the power whirlpool in the late Qing Dynasty is unveiled, and the turmoil before the disintegration of the dynasty is restored in the context of historical materials.
As a witness and participant in the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty, Xihua Louzhu traveled all over the world throughout his life. He was a guest of Sushun, talked with Zeng Guofan all night long, and personally experienced major changes such as the Qixiang coup and the rise of the Hunan Army. With the public spirit of "taking into account both private and official matters," he shed the whitewash of official history and went straight to the historical scene.
The book does not follow the conventional historical writing style, and uses characters as a context to connect the power game in the late Manchu Dynasty: not only the tragic ending of the succumbing to the brutal reform, but also the tolerant trade-off of Zeng Guofan's refusal to take the path of separatism, and the undercurrents of the Manchus and Han, old and new forces inside and outside the court.
The text contains both the insight and humor of a political strategist and the rigor and compassion of a historian. From the emperor's mind, the confrontation between powerful ministers to the character of a scholar, Xihua Louzhu integrates personal experiences with the current of the times, revealing the grudges, hatreds, and historical choices hidden in the gaps of official history.
Open this book and follow Xihua's writing style to penetrate the fog of history, understand the inevitable fall of the Qing Dynasty in the power game and the struggle of human nature, and touch the true pulse of that era of great change through the accounts of those who experienced it.
