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Books by Wu Chu Hengbo
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The Man Named Liu Bang 刘邦这个人
A man is in his thirties, has accomplished nothing, owns not a cent, is drowning in bar tabs, has no respectable job, and has a bad reputation. Can he still find a wife? Yes! And he didn't spend a penny. His bride was a young, unmarried woman from the upper classes, more than ten years his junior! This man came from the bottom of society and was practically illiterate, with no special talents and rather lowbrow interests: just alcohol and women. At the age of forty-seven, he actually started a b
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The Buddha, a Great Mortal 佛陀，伟大的凡人
Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was a real, flesh-and-blood person. For various purposes, those who passed down the Buddhist scriptures added a great deal of mythology to them, turning Shakyamuni into a god who could not possibly exist in the real world. His image was distorted beyond recognition. Drawing on a wealth of Buddhist texts, this book separates credible original material from unreliable mythology, piecing together an account of Shakyamuni's difficult but real life.
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Before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods 在春秋战国之前
There are far too many unsolved mysteries in Chinese history. Was there a brutal power struggle between Yao, Shun, and Yu? Did the Xia dynasty exist? What astonishing things were hidden in the mysterious Shang dynasty? How fierce was the power struggle between the Duke of Zhou and King Cheng of Zhou? Did the story of the beacon fires used to amuse the feudal lords really happen? Drawing on historical records and modern archaeological findings, this book investigates the truth behind each questio
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This Is What the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods Were Really Like 这才是春秋战国
The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were an age of endless warfare, but was war all there was to them? They were also an age that produced countless extraordinary people, but was it only remarkable people and strange events? The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were far more fascinating than you can imagine!
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