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  1. A Simple Guide to Japanese History 简读日本史 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical318k WordsCompleted Japan is a particularly unusual country. Its cultural core is remarkably stable, while its outward appearance changes with ease, leaving the world unable to pin it down. Only by understanding the unique nature of Japanese history and the Japanese spirit can we grasp Japan’s influence on the course of East Asian and even world history. This book presents readers with a rich, multidimensional history of Japan through four lenses. Part One begins with the distinctive Japanese view of sex, analyzing 1.7kReads9.4Score416Shelves
  2. The Hungry Flourishing Age: The Gains and Losses of the Qianlong Era 饥饿的盛世：乾隆时代的得与失 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical267k WordsCompleted This book explores the gains and losses of the Qianlong era. By taking the era apart and examining it from different angles, the author paints a vivid picture of a “golden age” while revealing the deeper reasons behind China's modern decline. Compared with the thousands of years of Chinese history that came before it, China under Qianlong had its largest population and greatest national strength. Compared with other countries at the time, it was the world's most powerful and prosperous nation. C 1.4kReads9.4Score418Shelves
  3. A Brief History of China: China in the Context of World History 简读中国史：世界史坐标下的中国 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical244k WordsCompleted Chinese civilization never developed in isolation. From the moment it emerged, it was influenced by elements of other civilizations around the world. Yet these foreign influences did not alter the essence of Chinese civilization; instead, they made its distinctive character all the more evident. This book places Chinese history within the broader context of world history and traces the course of its development, helping readers form an overall understanding of Chinese history in a short time. It 1.1kReads9.5Score227Shelves
  4. A Simple History of China (4-Volume Set) 简读中国史（全4册） Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical853k WordsCompleted The four-volume series A Concise History of China is now complete. The volumes are A Concise History of China, A Concise History of China: Power and Finance Behind Corruption Through the Dynasties, The Tributary System, and The Evolution of the Chinese National Character. Chinese civilization never developed in isolation. From the moment it emerged, it was influenced by other civilizations around the world. The first book compares Chinese and world history across time and space, helping readers 522Reads9.5Score136Shelves
  5. The Seven Faces of the Ming Dynasty 大明王朝的七张面孔 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical239k WordsCompleted This book focuses on seven figures whose lives reveal the workings of the Ming dynasty: An emperor: Zhu Yuanzhang; a usurper: Zhu Di; an upright official: Hai Rui; a eunuch: Wei Zhongxian; a rebel: Zhang Xianzhong; a traitor: Wu Sangui; and a loyal minister: Zheng Chenggong. Through literary portrayals of these seven figures in their historical and cultural settings, it examines the little-known hardships, anxieties, and difficult choices behind their lives, presenting the Ming dynasty in all it 464Reads9.3Score159Shelves
  6. The Millennium Paradox 千年悖论 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical165k WordsCompleted Fifteen years ago, young literary writer Zhang Hongjie mailed his historical essay “No Place to Lay Him to Rest: Wu Sangui.” It was his own favorite piece. Most of his later works retained the distinctive “alloy writing” style established in that essay, ranging freely across subjects and blending different literary forms. In January 2000, Zhang Hongjie published his first book, A Millennium of Paradoxes. This book is a substantially expanded edition of A Millennium of Paradoxes. Alongside the or 426Reads9.4Score122Shelves
  7. A History of the Evolution of Chinese National Character 中国国民性演变史 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical186k WordsCompleted This book sets out to explore how the character of the Chinese people has evolved. The author argues that national character is not fixed. From the Spring and Autumn period through the Tang and Song dynasties, and then the Ming and Qing, the Chinese character has plunged like a waterfall, growing steadily worse. It is backward institutions that have created the Chinese people’s inherent flaws. Viewed through the dual lenses of space and time, this book is an unconventional history of China, and 227Reads8.6Score119Shelves
  8. The Empire in Decline: Zhu Yuanzhang's Triumphs and Failures 倒退的帝国：朱元璋的成与败 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical197k WordsCompleted In 1368, forty-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang defeated the various peasant rebel armies, declared himself emperor in Yingtian Prefecture, and founded the last great empire ruled by the Han people. He also became the only true “peasant emperor” in Chinese history. As the Qing scholar Zhao Yi put it: “The founder of the Ming possessed within himself the qualities of a sage, a hero, and a bandit.” His ability to win people's hearts, his favorable treatment of intellectuals, his excellent grasp of the big 204Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  9. The Rise and Fall of Chu: Pioneering and Assimilating Chinese Civilization 楚国兴亡史：华夏文明的开拓与融合 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical152k WordsCompleted The people of Chu cleared paths through wilderness and opened up the mountains. They worked tirelessly to restore and unify Huaxia. Open-minded, inclusive, and romantic, they pursued beauty to the utmost and created the dazzling culture of Chu. Here you will find the world-famous Marquis Yi of Zeng's chime bells, exquisite lacquerware, brilliantly creative silk embroidery, elegant and refined Chu poetry, and such figures as King Zhuang of Chu, the great hegemon; Sun Shuao, the water-management e 189Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  10. A Concise History of China: Power and Finance Behind Corruption Through the Dynasties 简读中国史.中国历代腐败背后的权力与财政 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical174k WordsCompleted A detailed brief history of imperial rule and official corruption in China! The power game and the rules of finance, systems and checks and balances, grand designs and the naked human nature revealed by entrenched abuses: it is all real and brutal. The root of corruption throughout Chinese history has always been the absolute concentration of power. Without addressing the foundations of the power structure, corruption cannot be solved. The history of imperial rule has always been inseparable fro 130Reads9.1Score—Shelves
  11. Corrupt Practices: Corruption and Anticorruption in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 陋规：明清的腐败与反腐败 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical182k WordsCompleted History is continuous. Through the dynastic transition from the Ming to the Qing, the foundations of the power structure retained a powerful inertia. Corruption is the gateway to understanding this structure. Focusing on the Ming and Qing dynasties, this book clearly and vividly recounts the full story of anti-corruption efforts by figures such as Zhu Yuanzhang and Hongli. By examining their backgrounds, courses of action, outcomes, and impact, it explores the many predicaments that left both dy 103Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  12. A Quick Comic Guide to Chinese History by Zhang Hongjie 张宏杰漫画简读中国史 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical30k WordsCompleted ○ Explore three thousand years of Chinese and world history through a global lens! ○ Without reading Chinese history, you cannot understand China's greatness; without reading world history, you cannot understand what makes China unique! ○ Revisit Chinese history through 20 topics and a global perspective, with a sweeping scope and many eye-opening insights! This book brings world history and Chinese history together in the same timeline, using comics to recreate the colorful ways China and the 33Reads9.4Score—Shelves