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Books by 覃仕勇
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The Strategist's Game 谋士纵横
Through its portrayals of figures such as Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, Li Si, and Baili Xi, this book reveals the heroic stories of those who could turn the tables in an instant. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were times of great change and unprecedented intellectual freedom, an age that produced heroes in abundance. If the era’s hegemonic rulers were extraordinary heroes rarely seen in any age, then the outstanding political strategists who helped them govern were gifted statesmen.
575Reads9.4Score170Shelves
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The History of the Three Kingdoms You’ll Stay Up All Night to Finish 熬通宵也要读完的三国史
There were two great dynasties in ancient Chinese history: the Han and the Tang. Yet after each era of good government came a period of chaos: the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han, and the upheaval of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang. But compared with the chaos at the end of the Tang, the late Han and Three Kingdoms period was more sophisticated, more layered, more captivating, and even more artful in its disorder. Many even believe that the chaos of
267Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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The History of the Song Dynasty, Worth Staying Up All Night to Finish 熬通宵也要读完的大宋史
Compared with unified dynasties such as the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Ming, and Qing, the Song dynasty can only be called partially unified. The Southern Song, in fact, does not even qualify as partially unified. Yet the two Song dynasties together lasted 319 years, far longer than the Tang, Ming, or Qing, surpassed only by the two Han dynasties. Their flourishing economy, brilliant culture, and vibrant intellectual life are also worthy of praise by later generations. The modern historian Chen Yinke
159Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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The Upheaval of the Two Song Dynasties 两宋之变
This book traces the history of the confrontation between north and south, from the first lunar month of 1100, when Emperor Huizong, Zhao Ji, took the throne, to the 1141 Shaoxing peace agreement between the Song and Jin. It shows how the Northern Song Empire rose to prosperity, then plunged into decline and ultimately fell, while the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song resisted step by step and eventually secured a foothold in the Jiangnan region. The book contains nine chapters coverin
62Reads9.1Score—Shelves