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Books by 刘杰
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The Great Trading Port (Complete in Three Volumes) 大商埠（全三册）
This novel tells the extraordinary story of an insignificant man who, through hard work, grows into a business magnate. At the same time, it portrays a century of upheaval in Qingdao, a major commercial port. Beginning in 1891, when Zhang Gaoyuan arrived in Qingdao under imperial orders to open the port, the story carries us into an era more than a hundred years ago through sweeping scenes and dramatic twists as the city successively fell under German and Japanese colonial rule. Through one fami
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The Absurdity of History 历史的荒谬
This book recounts many absurd episodes from Chinese history, from King Li of Zhou’s “silencing criticism” to the literary inquisitions of the Qing dynasty. Together, they reveal many dark and ugly aspects of Chinese history that are little known to the public. Most of these accounts come from official histories compiled by successive dynasties, including the Twenty-Four Histories and Zizhi Tongjian. A small number are drawn from miscellaneous records and notebooks of considerable historical val
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