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  1. History of Southern Ming Dynasty: 1644-1662 completed There were partisan disputes among civil servants internally and the rise of military-military heroes externally. It coincided with the chaos of the war. The political system was internally constrained and exhausted, and external forces could not be used. The roots of the Southern Ming Dynasty can be traced back. The purpose of "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty: 1644-1662" is to answer the question "Why did the Ming Dynasty perish?" Starting from this, the author Situ Lin discusses the root Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  2. Records of Zhang Xianzhong's Fall in Luzhou completed "The Record of Zhang Xianzhong's Fall in Luzhou" is an important unofficial historical material written by Yu Ruizi, who witnessed it in the late Ming Dynasty. It records the capture of Luzhou (today's Hefei, Anhui) by the leader of the peasant uprising army Zhang Xianzhong in 1642 and the resulting war. Yu Ruizi was a scholar who was trapped in the city at that time and experienced the war with his own eyes. He personally experienced the fall of Luzhou and the suffering of the people in the cit Reads8.1ScoreShelves
  3. Records of Chongzhen completed Records of Chongzhen Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  4. Guibian Encirclement and Annihilation: the Liberation of Guangxi and the Annihilation of the Bai Chongxi Group completed The content of this book includes Mao Zedong's instructions to pursue and annihilate Bai Chongxi's troops, Mao Zedong's order for "circular suppression", the military deployment of Bai Chongxi's group, the advance of multiple armies into Guangxi, the three-pronged army's attack on Guilin, the establishment of a new government in Nanning, the start of the "Guangdong-Guangxi Border" campaign, the capture of Bai Chongxi's regiment commander, "flying eagles to catch pheasants", the glorious achievem Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  5. Biography of Yuan Chonghuan (Revised Version) completed This book comprehensively records Yuan Chonghuan's life deeds, poetry writings, later influences, and precious spiritual heritage. It focuses on the last ten years when Yuan Chonghuan stepped onto the historical stage. He resisted the Eight Banners in Liaodong, won the great victories of Ningyuan and Ningjin, and later won the great victory of defending the capital, becoming a fire-fighter in the Ming Dynasty. With affectionate writing, the author writes about the historical tragedy of Yuan Chon Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  6. Duan Qirui Regime completed When the Yuan family was in power, and Yuan was the queen of China, the manuscripts that had almost been buried in dust were reborn after the calamity. The most chaotic period in China's modern history was probably the so-called warlord period in the early years of the Republic of China, and the warlord period actually only officially began after the death of Yuan Shikai. Because before the imperial system, the Beijing government under the Yuan family was still a government that could command th Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  7. Letters from Chongling (Free Public Edition Book) completed During the Guangxu period, Yun served in the court for nineteen years and compiled what he saw and heard into this book. There are many inside stories about the strife in the Qing Palace. It is an important historical material for studying the activities of the ruling group in the late Qing Dynasty. Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  8. This Was Once the Han Dynasty (Six Volumes in Total) completed "This Was the Han Dynasty" is a popular history of the Han Dynasty written by the author Yue Wangdongshan for many years and painstakingly completed. It tells the ups and downs of the Han Dynasty and reproduces the ups and downs of the first prosperous dynasty in ancient China. It is a rare historical reading of the Han Dynasty in vernacular. The book begins with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising and ends with Liu Bang's capture of Liang Wang Peng Yue. Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  9. The Ace Troops of the Kuomintang in the Anti-Japanese War completed The war is gone, the external humiliation is gone, and perhaps it can be forgotten. The body is covered with gunshot wounds, and the bones are buried in the green mountains. Those veterans who are present or absent may not be seen, but they cannot be forgotten. The main contents of "The Ace Unit of the Kuomintang in the Anti-Japanese War" include: Tianzhen, the style of that battle, the length of the Great Wall, this winter is not too cold, the moon and stars are sparse at night, sheep meet shee Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  10. Unofficial History of Nanming completed You can read some Chinese history: In 1644 AD, Li Zicheng's army captured Beijing, and then the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied the Central Plains. The resistance regimes established by the Ming Dynasty clan in the south were collectively called Nanming. Including the Hongguang regime, Longwu regime, Lu Wangjianguo, Shaowu regime and Yongli regime, which lasted for 18 years in total. This book tells about the affairs of Fu Fan, Lu Fan, Tang Fan, Gui Fan and Tang Dynasty. This book is named "Unoffic Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  11. Who Killed the Ming Dynasty? completed This is a historical work that aims to deeply explore the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The book starts from the financial crisis and military crisis in the late Ming Dynasty. Through detailed historical data analysis and logical reasoning, the book analyzes the hungry and cold soldiers, the desperate victims, the endless bandits and the root causes of the financial crisis. It conducts a comprehensive analysis of the politics, economy, military, culture and other aspects of the lat Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  12. Breakout: 1927-1934 completed "Breakout: 1927-1934" is a collection of practical cases that details the classic battles the Chinese People's Army participated in from its inception to the Red Army's Long March. The manuscript is one of the Victory Series. Among them, ten classic battle cases were selected to more comprehensively show the difficult process of the People's Army since its birth in 1927, constantly overcoming difficulties, breaking the enemy's "encirclement and suppression", and gradually developing and growing Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  13. Research on the National Government's Military Service System During the Anti-Japanese War completed How to solve the problem of troop sources during the Anti-Japanese War was a matter of life and death for the Chinese nation. In order to implement the mobilization of soldiers, before the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government promulgated the Military Service Law and established a compulsory military service system; after the outbreak of the All-out Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government conducted large-scale conscription until the end of the Anti-Japanese Reads7.7ScoreShelves
  14. Defeat the Warlords - Led Two Northern Expeditions to Success completed The Northern Expedition was divided into two wars, both of which achieved important results. In 1926, the first Northern Expedition was officially launched under the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The 100,000-strong National Revolutionary Army took the Ye Ting Independent Regiment as the backbone of Communist Party members and Communist Youth League members as the vanguard. It adopted a strategy of concentrating its forces to defeat them one by one. It took only 10 months Reads7.7ScoreShelves
  15. Collected Works of Wang Shifu completed Wang Shifu (1260-1336), whose name was Dexin, was from Dadu (now Beijing) and his ancestral home was Dingxing (now Dingxing County), Baoding City, Hebei Province. He was a famous opera writer in the Yuan Dynasty and the author of the drama "The Romance of the West Chamber". His life story is unknown. Wang Shifu is as famous as Guan Hanqing. His works comprehensively inherited the exquisite language art of Tang poetry and Song lyrics, and absorbed the lively oral language of the Yuan Dynasty folk Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  16. Twenty-Four Histories completed "Twenty-Four Histories" is the collective name for the twenty-four historical books of ancient China, including "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Later Hanshu", "Three Kingdoms", "Jinshu", "Songshu", "Nanqishu", "Liangshu" and "Chenshu" "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Zhou", "Book of Sui", "Southern History", "Northern History", "Old Book of Tang", "New Book of Tang", "Old History of the Five Dynasties", "New History of the Five Dynasties", "Song History", "Liao History", "Jin Hist Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  17. From the Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China completed The twists and turns of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River are the pride of the Chinese people and a trendy area in China's natural history. The Opium War opened the prelude to China's "great social and cultural transformation" that occurred once in 2,000 years. In the wise eyes of the great historian Tang Degang, the "humanistic view of history" is like the "natural history view." A battle in 1840 not only set off a major change in China's social and political form, but also made the long ri Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  18. Agitation 1911-1912: Precious Pictures from the Revolution of 1911 to the Founding of the Republic of China completed 2011 Is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911. The Revolution overthrew two thousand years of feudal dynasty rule and established the government of the Republic of China. It was a turbulent and earth-shaking year. The book includes five parts: background of the revolution, the eve of the revolution, the Wuchang Uprising, the national situation, and the founding of the Republic of China. Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  19. Tomb of the Rimu Emperor: Records of the Stolen Treasures from the Underground Palace of the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty completed In July 1928, warlord Sun Dianying led his troops to break into the two underground palaces of Qianlong and Cixi, cut open the coffins and dumped the corpses, and looted all the priceless treasures, leading to an earth-shattering case in the history of Chinese and foreign civilizations. Looking back on this period of history, we can't help but have a strong interest in the Qing Tombs and try to restore the scene at that time. On this basis, this book carefully outlines real historical scenes tha Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  20. Chongqing Negotiations completed The content of this book includes the difficult to deal with, the absence of people in court, the desire to exchange the spiritual liver of the founding father, going to court drunk, Kong Xiangxi's letter of certification, Mrs. Zhou's trump card, Chen Gongbo's escape to another country, the Qingming public trial of the traitor, the eternal mystery of Jin Bihui, etc. Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  21. Theory of Salt and Iron completed "On Salt and Iron" is an unprecedented and wonderful book. It is the only book in the history of Chinese culture that relatively objectively records the debates between those in power and those outside the ruling class on the country's financial, economic, diplomatic, cultural and other major policy issues. It enables us today, more than two thousand years later, not only to understand the politics, economy, military and diplomacy at that time, but also to understand the philosophical basis of p Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  22. Subduing the Devil: the Anti-Special Struggle at the Beginning of New China completed The content of this book includes the detection of the "49" case, the investigation of the enemy station in Tianjin, the trapping of the "racing civet cat", the clever solution of the "Tianzi Tehao" case, the arrest of the "Qianning Group 5", the annihilation of the landing spies in Dazhu Mountain, the arrest of the armed spies on the sea, etc. Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  23. Women's Historical Talk Show completed "Women's Historical Talk Show" writes about 36 women, 36 famous women from the Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. They are basically all stunning beauties, and they all have one thing in common: they all slept with emperors, and then later slept with others! Although cheating may not be their original intention, love may be their original intention. The secret histories of 36 imperial women's infidelity, some are clear banners of individual liberation, some are tragic cases of being instrumentali Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  24. Eighty Years of Modern China completed "Eighty Years of Modern China" is a modern history book edited by Professor Chen Xulu. The book is concise and easy to understand, describing the 80-year history from the Opium War to the May 4th Movement. With clear arguments and rich historical facts, this book relatively systematically describes how modern China was reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society step by step, and highlights the epic anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle of the advanced Chinese people in order to save Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  25. Shield of Peace - the Birth of the Public Security Forces and Police Forces completed This book includes: 1. The establishment of the Central Column of Public Security; the formal establishment of the Central Column of Public Security; the formal establishment of the Zhongnanhai Guard Corps; the establishment of the 8341 Troop by the Ministry of Public Security; the establishment of the internal security class by the Central Guard Corps; the central leaders' care for the soldiers of the column; the various tasks performed by the Central Column; 2. The establishment of the Public Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  26. Romance of the Five Dynasties completed "The Romance of the Five Dynasties" is one of Cai Dongfan's "Popular Romance of the Past Dynasties" series. It vividly reproduces the turbulent history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the form of a chapter novel. The book has 60 chapters in total, starting from Zhu Wen's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of the Liang Dynasty to the rise of Kuangyin in the later Zhou Dynasty, running through the changes of the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Five dynasties, as well as the Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  27. Historical Civilization Suspense completed Behind every unsolved mystery in history is a major historical event that shocked the past and present, and is related to the destiny and historical direction of the Chinese nation. Therefore, historical mysteries are not only important topics of conversation in the private market, but solving the mysteries is also a major issue in the field of history. Exploring these questions is not only to satisfy people's innate curiosity, but also to clarify major historical cases, lift away the fog of his Reads5.8ScoreShelves
  28. This Is How You Should Read History Carefully: Collected Works of Gu Cheng's History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (3 Volumes in Total) completed A representative of contemporary history research, a master of Ming and Qing history with international reputation, author of "History of Southern Ming" and "History of Peasants' War in the Late Ming", and a collection of essays by Mr. Gu Cheng, known as the "academic ascetic"! Li Zicheng's general Li Yan doesn't actually exist? Is Shen Wansan, the "richest man in the Ming Dynasty", actually from the Yuan Dynasty? ………… Behind these seemingly astonishing views are the results of Mr. Gu Cheng's ex Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  29. History of Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties completed Lu Simian (1884.2.27-1957.10.9), Courtesy name Chengzhi, was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Modern Chinese historian and master of Chinese studies. Yan Gengwang believes that Lu Simian, Qian Mu, Chen Yuan, and Chen Yinke are called "the four major historians of modern China". Lu Simian devoted his life to historical research and historical education. He read extensively, focused on comprehensive research, and paid attention to integration. He wrote two general histories of China, four chro Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  30. History of the Two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties completed Lu Simian (1884.2.27-1957.10.9), Courtesy name Chengzhi, was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Modern Chinese historian and master of Chinese studies. Yan Gengjin believes that Lu Simian, Qian Mu, Chen Yuan, and Chen Sing are the "four major historians of modern China". Lu Simian devoted his whole life to historical research and historical education. He read extensively, focused on comprehensive research, and paid attention to integration. He wrote two general histories of China, four chronol Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  31. History of Qin and Han Dynasties completed The Qin and Han Dynasties were the initial stage of China's feudal society. During this period, the territory of China was established and centralized power was created: Confucianism was basically finalized, the Chinese national identity was formed, and ancient China's openness to the outside world was established. As the origin of the unified empire, the Qin and Han Dynasties were the pioneering period of ancient Chinese politics, culture, economy and other aspects. If you want to understand an Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  32. Be a Smooth Talker completed How do people empathize, respond, and figure things out when they speak? Ancient Chinese traditional wisdom has accumulated many skills. This book selects speaking skills and cases from a variety of historical materials, including "Guiguzi", "Han Feizi", "The Analects", "Zuo Zhuan", "Historical Records", "Three Kingdoms", etc. I believe it will be of great help to you to improve your speaking skills. Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  33. Collected Works of Liu Ji completed Liu Ji (July 1, 1311 - May 16, 1375), courtesy name Bowen and posthumous title Wencheng, was an outstanding military strategist, politician, writer and thinker in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Han nationality, and a native of Nantian, Wencheng, Zhejiang (originally Qingtian), so people called him Liu Qingtian at that time. In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1370), he was granted the title of Uncle Chengyi, and people also called hi Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  34. A Nation's Voyage completed The Opium War greatly shocked the Chinese government and the public. Under the dual pressure of national disaster and family embarrassment, Rong Hong, a native of Xiangshan, Guangdong, embarked on the road to study in the United States. With excellent results, he became the first Chinese to attend and graduate from the famous American university Yale University. After Rong Hong returned to China, facing the ruined mountains and rivers, he determined to change the current situation and future of Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  35. Chiang Kai-Shek's Close Friend Jin Chen (Narrated by an Eyewitness) completed As the core figure of the former First Family, what kind of hidden secrets did Chiang Kai-shek, a generational hero, have with the interest groups behind him? This series of books reveals the dusty secret history of a short-lived dynasty through the personal experiences of those who experienced it. This book introduces the most important right-hand men around Chiang Kai-shek, including Zhang Jingjiang, Huang Jinrong, Wu Zhongxin, etc., And reveals the secret tactics between Chiang Kai-shek and h Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  36. The Beginning and End of the Peace of Yunnan (Free Public Edition Book) completed Focusing on the historical events related to the pacification of Yunnan, it records in detail the background, reasons, process and results of the pacification of Yunnan. It may involve specific circumstances of military operations, such as the location of the battle, the deployment of troops on both sides, and the use of tactics, as well as the far-reaching impact of the war on the politics, economy, and society of Yunnan. It is important information for studying the local history of Yunnan and Reads8.7ScoreShelves
  37. Western Trend (Guomai Classic) completed "Western Tide" is Jiang Menglin's autobiographical work, which covers almost all major historical events in China from 1842 to 1941. Half of the paragraph is what the author "heard" personally, and the second half is what the author "experienced" personally. The author took advantage of his "leisure" to hide from air raids during the Anti-Japanese War, and wrote such an "autobiography" in an empty space without lights, tables and chairs, using the pencil and hard-sided notebook he carried with h Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  38. Western Chao (Masterpieces by Liberal Arts Bilingual Masters) (English-Chinese) completed "Western Tide" talks about the story that happened in China during the hundred years from the cession of Hong Kong Island in the "Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing" in 1842 to the Pearl Harbor incident in 1941. This period of time is the new prelude to a very extraordinary era in history. All the conflicts between various groups in human beings, and even the turmoil between Eastern and Western cultures are concentrated in this turbulent meeting. Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  39. Eastern Han Dynasty (Dynasty Storm) completed This book tells the historical story of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty from the time when Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor in 25 AD to when Emperor Xian of Han abdicated the throne in 220 AD. Emperor Guangwu, Liu Xiutai, was a bachelor. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he retired from the service and became a civil servant. He used a large number of Confucian scholars to assist the government. Confucianism flourished during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Beginning Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  40. Power Families: Political Families in Chinese History completed "Power Families: Political Families in Chinese History" is a book about official families who have been involved in politics for generations in Chinese history. They are all talking about the political families that emerged from the Paleozoic era in China, with their children serving in politics and becoming officials for generations, and dominating the officialdom. There are aristocratic families from the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are no poor families in the upper class and no Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  41. The First Gang of the Republic of China completed A history of the Qinggang and a popular history of the Republic of China! In ancient China, gangs have always been small organized and disciplined groups in society. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the government gradually restricted trade and severely cracked down on associations. As a result, the scope of gang activities moved underground. The Youth Gang was formed during this period, and then developed and prospered in the chaotic social environment of modern China. This book is the most Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  42. Modern Military completed "Chinese Military Encyclopedia" is a large-scale book that reproduces China's military history in a panoramic manner. On the basis of absorbing domestic historical research results, it integrates rich military graphic and text materials accumulated from the long history of Chinese civilization. It intuitively introduces the development process of China's military history and introduces the basic knowledge of China's military in many aspects. The content covers all fields of China's military. Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  43. Long March: 1934-1936 completed "The Long March: 1934-1936" is a collection of actual combat cases that details the classic battles experienced by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on the 25,000-mile Long March. It is one of the Victory Series books. It contains a total of 9 well-known battle cases, showing that the Chinese workers and peasants Red Army completed this long journey with fearless courage, flexible tactics and firm revolutionary ideals in the Communist Party of China and the Red Army, in the Chinese rev Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  44. Major Anti-Corruption Cases in the Qing Dynasty completed The Qing Dynasty may have had the most rigorous anti-corruption regulations and the most stringent measures to punish corruption, but it was also the era when corruption was most rampant. Why do corrupt elements keep coming one after another under the severe anti-corruption sword? The Ministry of War lost its seal, tens of millions of taels of silver from the national treasury disappeared out of thin air, and the corrupt hands reached out to the emperor's tomb... Major corruption cases were shoc Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  45. An Easy-To-Understand History of the Sui Dynasty: Revised Edition completed Editor's recommendation At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, virtuous ministers gathered together and returned home from all over the world; brothers killed each other, traitors gained power, and cruelty led to the loss of the country. The fierce struggle between the powerful and aristocratic families, the intertwined game of power between the monarch and his ministers, and the heroic epic of heroes have been sung. Introduction Yang Jian, who was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, rose from t Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  46. History of Ancient Chinese Bureaucracy completed This book systematically sorts out the development of the official system in ancient China. It begins with an introduction to explain the foundation of the study of official system, and is divided into two eras: royal power and imperial power. The Age of Royal Power details the origin and evolution of the official system from Xia and Shang to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period; the Age of Royal Power provides an in-depth analysis of the emperor system, the system of auxil Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  47. Biography of Chinese Celebrities: Ten Prime Ministers completed The contents of this book include Li Si, a man with great talent and a plan as deep as the sea, a rat in a suburban warehouse who learns the art of kingship, a palace official who travels to the capital of Qin, a piece of advice to persuade the King of Qin to "unify the world in more than twenty years", a distant friendship and a close attack on the leader to destroy Korea, a great plan to found the country by vigorously refuting the enfeoffment, the country's initial decision and order to legis Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  48. Yamenmen: a Thousand-Year History of Being an Official in China completed The yamen system, also known as the bureaucracy, is a specialty of Chinese history, and the culmination of various official pathologies is the "official-based" culture that has permeated the details of Chinese society for thousands of years. "Yamenmen: A Thousand-Year History of Officials in China" gives readers a concise yet in-depth perspective. Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  49. Unparalleled Scholars of the Country: Memoirs of Chiang Tingfu completed A "pro-historical account" of a top scholar and diplomat of the Republic of China. With calm and sharp writing, Jiang Tingfu traces his extraordinary journey from rural Hunan to the world, and finally to the center of the political and diplomatic whirlpool of the Republic of China. The book not only contains exclusive revelations of major historical events, but also provides close sketches of influential figures such as Hu Shi and Chiang Kai-shek. What it provides is not an old man's nostalgia, Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  50. World-Renowned Literary Masterpieces completed "World-renowned Literary Masterpieces" is a masterpiece that brings together global literary classics and selects many famous literary works in history that have profoundly influenced the world. The book covers ancient Chinese classics such as "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Historical Records" and "The Scholars", as well as other world-renowned literary treasures. These works are not only representatives of culture in various eras, but also have a profound i Reads7.8ScoreShelves