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Books by 梅毅
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Mei Yi Talks Chinese History (Complete 9-Volume Set, Revised Collector’s Edition) 梅毅说中国史(全9册)(修订珍藏版)
Mei Yi Talks About Chinese History is a classic popular history series that Mei Yi spent ten years completing. It begins with the Qin and Han dynasties, spans the Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Xia, and Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and ends with the Xinhai Revolution, covering nearly every generation. Grounding his work in historical fact and centering it on heroic figures, Mei Yi carries forward the tradition of historical literature pioneered by the G
397Reads9.4Score105Shelves
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Heroes of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (3-Book Set) 南北英雄志(全三册)
The Heroes of the North and South is a series of historical novels about outstanding figures of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties periods. The Banner of the Zouyu centers on the War of the Eight Princes in the Western Jin dynasty (290–307). The author follows several power blocs that sometimes cooperated and sometimes fought one another: the imperial consort and maternal relatives group, including Empress Yang of Emperor Wu, Empress Jia of Emperor Hui, and Liu Yuan’s empress, Yan
369Reads9.4Score110Shelves
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Mei Yi on the Song Dynasty: Three Hundred Years of the Empire’s Rise and Fall (Complete Four-Volume Set) 梅毅说宋·大宋兴亡三百年(套装全四册)
Mei Yi on the Song: Three Hundred Years of the Great Song’s Rise and Fall (four volumes) explores Song history through four representative themes. Taking Kaifeng as Its Seat focuses on the founding of the Great Song and its system of shared rule, tracing the transition from a chaotic age of decline to an ideal dynasty. Fleeing to Lin’an centers on the Jingkang Incident and the court’s flight south, recounting the Great Song’s dramatic transformation from prosperity to retreat. Fighting at Yashan
218Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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The Battle of Yashan: The Tragic Song of the Zhao Song Dynasty's Fall 战厓山:赵宋王朝覆灭的悲歌
The Battle of Yashan shows the beleaguered Zhao-Song dynasty facing the powerful Jin and Yuan armies, and how men of principle strove to save a nation on the brink of collapse. Xin Qiji, Han Tuozhou, Li Tingzhi, and Wen Tianxiang all rose to the challenge and fought with their lives, yet none could turn the tide. In 1276, Emperor Gong of Song surrendered to the Yuan army with his officials, and Lin'an fell. In 1279, the Yuan army besieged Yashan. Lu Xiufu carried Emperor Bing of Song on his back
59Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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Worrying About Border Threats: The Invasions, Rise, and Fall of the Liao, Xia, and Jin 忧边患:辽夏金的内侵与兴亡
Worries on the Frontier shows why the Liao, Western Xia, and Jin regimes, which bordered the Song, became embroiled in border disputes and wars with it, and how nomadic regimes rose and fell. The Western Xia, founded by the Tanguts, fought five wars with the Song. The Liao, founded by the Khitans, invaded the Song several times and posed a serious threat. The Jin, founded by the Jurchens, destroyed the Liao and then launched repeated campaigns against the Song, capturing Emperors Huizong and Qin
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Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia: Civilizations on a Knife's Edge 宋辽金夏:刀锋上的文明
The Song, Liao, Jin, and Western Xia period was the era of the most intense ethnic integration in ancient Chinese history. Through repeated clashes, Central Plains civilization and the nomadic civilizations around it absorbed influences from one another. They endured the growing pains of contradiction and conflict, tempered by blood and fire, and ultimately continued to develop with unyielding tenacity. Over more than three centuries, the people of Huaxia, with passionate creativity and indomita
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