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  1. A Careful Reading of the Seventy Years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms completed Was the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms a setback in history? What was the great impact that the historical cycle of the Five Dynasties had on the Song Dynasty? What is Ouyang Xiu's criteria for dividing the "Ten Kingdoms"? If Li Cunxu had not been arrogant and Chai Rong had not died prematurely, who would have been more likely to end the troubled times? Please read "A Close Reading of the Seventy Years of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms". Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  2. A Brief Reading of Chinese History (4 Volumes in Total) completed This is the end of a brief reading of all 4 volumes of Chinese history. They are "A Brief Reading of Chinese History", "A Brief Reading of Chinese History. The Power and Finance Behind the Corruption in Chinese History", "Tribute Circle" and "The Evolution of Chinese National Character". Chinese civilization has never developed in isolation. From the moment it emerged, it has been influenced by factors from other civilizations in the world. The first book helps readers establish an overall conce Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  3. The Rise and Fall of Chinese Dynasties completed This is a history book that details the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties. The whole book covers various important historical periods from the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and deeply discusses the establishment, development, prosperity and decline of each dynasty. Through in-depth analysis of historical events, the laws of historical development and the rulers' methods of governing the country are revealed. The book not only describes famous historical events such as Dayu's flood control, S Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  4. The Siege of Bianjing: Diplomacy, War, and People in the Late Northern Song Dynasty completed This book traces the complete historical details of the Jingkang disaster in the late Northern Song Dynasty, tells the peace and war between the Song, Liao, and Jin parties, focusing on the key moments of the great changes in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the causes and consequences of the overall crisis that broke out in the empire from the inside out. During the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the empire was prosperous, but hidden dangers under the prosperous times Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  5. A Great Exploration of the Mysteries of Chinese History completed This is a detective manual that takes you through time and space. From the strange masks in Sanxingdui to the underground corps in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, from gaps in chronological projects to the bizarre disappearances in various dynasties. This book summarizes the most fascinating mysteries in the archaeological and historical circles, combines the latest scientific discoveries and logical deductions, and objectively presents multiple hypotheses. It does not give a standard answer Reads8.8ScoreShelves
  6. Chinese Historical Puzzles completed A collection focused on analyzing the unsolved mysteries of ancient Chinese culture and archeology. From the underground palace design of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum to the missing imperial seal, this book combines mythological records and field research to explore the cultural genes behind these mysteries. It is not only telling stories, but also sorting out the key and mysterious nodes in the evolution of Chinese civilization. ReadsScoreShelves
  7. This History Is Quite Reliable: Yuan Tengfei Talks About History (All Three Volumes) completed This book is a popular book that uses an interesting, lively and colloquial history-telling style and follows the context of middle school history textbooks to easily describe historical knowledge. There are three volumes in total, divided into two volumes of Chinese history and one volume of world history. This book is written with short stories and buzzwords, creating a new style of popular history telling and is deeply loved by young readers. Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  8. Records of Military Special Agents completed "Military Tong" is one of the main spy agencies of the Kuomintang. Its influence has spread throughout the country and even to consulates abroad, and it specializes in secret activities such as surveillance, kidnapping, arrest, and assassination of progressive groups and individuals. Although it assassinated Japanese invaders and traitors and had certain achievements in the Anti-Japanese War, these achievements could not conceal its anti-people nature. Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  9. Things About the Han Dynasty (Eight Volumes in Total) completed The birth of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was very strange. It is said that he was born after his mother Wang had sex with a dragon. He was born with seventy-two moles on his feet. This is destined that Liu Bang is not an ordinary figure. He was extremely naughty when he was a child, which troubled his family. After studying, the teacher was eventually brought down by him. So the eighteen-year-old Liu Bang left school and began his life as a gangster. At this moment, Liu Ba ReadsScoreShelves
  10. Nine Dynasties Legal Examination Historical220k Wordscompleted "Nine Dynasties Legal Examination" is a representative work by modern scholar Cheng Shude, and is regarded as one of the pioneering works in the study of ancient Chinese legal history. The whole book aims to reconstruct the legal system of the nine dynasties before the Tang Dynasty (including Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, etc.). The author systematically compiles and researches the legal provisions, criminal names, edicts and other materials that are scattered in historica Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  11. The History of the Tang Dynasty That Cannot Bear to Be Read Carefully completed Recall history, read life, and learn from history to understand gains and losses. Speaking of the history of the Tang Dynasty, it fully reproduces the rise, rise and decline of the most powerful empire in Chinese history. An exciting era, a magnificent history, telling the legend of the Tang Dynasty. I couldn't bear to look closely, and saw too many struggles and killings; I couldn't bear to look closely, and saw too many accidents and helplessness. But we still want to get closer to the Tang Dy Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  12. The Political History Behind Headwear: from "The Style of the Kings of the Wu Family" to "The Style of the Five Generations of Trespassers" 73k Wordscompleted This book explores the evolution of political history at that time by combing through the changes in headwear during the Tang and Five Dynasties. During the political changes in the Middle Ages, clothing "fashion" often became a barometer of political trends. To some extent, clothing can be seen as a symbol of shifting power. This book strives to show the history of political evolution and social changes from the fashion of clothing. This is the basic stance and perspective of the book's researc Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  13. Understand the History of China·qin and Han Dynasties completed "Understanding the History of China: Qin and Han Dynasties" is the fifth volume in the Big History Series of Bui Chi Comics. The Qin and Han Dynasties were two consecutive unified dynasties, and they were also the first powerful period in Chinese history. In more than four hundred years, the land area, military strength, population, economy, and culture all achieved unprecedented development. The national governance system created by the Qin Dynasty and optimized by the Han Dynasty has profoundl Reads8.6ScoreShelves
  14. Mainstay completed This book is one of the series "Shanxi Anti-Japanese War in Archives". It is a historical picture album that truly and comprehensively reflects the Shanxi Anti-Japanese War. The book is divided into seven parts: Glorious Banner, War of Resistance Against Japan, Fighting the Enemy in Blood, The Foundation of Victory, Iron Wall, Gaining the Way and Helping People, and Righteous Style and Discipline. The Shanxi Anti-Japanese War is presented in the form of a large number of archival pictures and te Reads7.7ScoreShelves
  15. Comics: Five Thousand Years Chapter 1 (Eight Volumes in Total) completed "Five Thousand Years of Comics" is a set of popular historical reading picture books dedicated to children. All the stories and characters in the book are from historical classics. The content is true and easy to understand, and the selection of materials is typical and interesting, allowing readers and children to understand rich historical knowledge through relaxed reading. The book covers the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization from ancient times to the Opium War, and is written in the Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  16. Turning Point (1970-1979) Historical253k Wordscompleted "The Turning Point" introduces in detail the major historical events that occurred in our country from 1970 to the end of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. It was the fifth year of the "Cultural Revolution." According to Mao Zedong's estimation, the chaos in the previous years should lead to a "great governance" and a "successful conclusion" to this revolution. However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. Lin Biao stirred up trouble over the issue of Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  17. General History of China on the Map (Volume 1 and 2) completed The book was originally called "General History of China". Since its publication in the 1940s, it has endured for a long time and has been printed and distributed hundreds of times. Historian Gu Jiegang commented that this book "writes general history with rich historical knowledge and smooth writing style, which opens a new era for general history writing." Reads9.2ScoreShelves
  18. An Inch of Rivers and Mountains, an Inch of Blood (Five Volumes in Total) completed Panoramic display of the history of China's front-line anti-Japanese battlefield. Millions of readers have been waiting for five years for the complete and unabridged version to be released! War is just part of history. War is bloody, and history is even more exciting. Every inch of rivers and mountains, every inch of blood, pay tribute to the veterans and never forget the national humiliation! This book takes the Huanggutun Incident and the September 18th Incident as its starting point and the Reads9.6ScoreShelves
  19. Decisive Battle in the Northeast Historical319k Wordscompleted China's revolutionary war is a stirring epic of revolutionary heroism. This book extensively collects historical documents and cites a large number of telegrams and letters exchanged between the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Northeast Bureau, Eastern General Office, and various combat units during the war, as well as the memoirs of senior commanders on both sides of the war. It restores the true history of the decisive battle in Northeast China between the Kuomintang Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  20. Four Fields, Across the World Historical215k Wordscompleted This book is a documentary record of the Fourth Field Army's battles. Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  21. Five Thousand Years of China (Part 1 and 2) completed History is a mirror. Every country and nation pays attention to using its own history to educate and encourage its people, especially its young people. The Chinese nation has a five-thousand-year history. Its strong cohesion and endless vitality are the spiritual temperament and life heritage of every Chinese son and daughter, giving the Chinese nation great strength accumulated over time. Chinese history is tortuous and profound, and Chinese culture is broad and profound. As Chinese, we should Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  22. Battle of Liaoshen - Annihilate the Wei Lihuang Group and Liberate the Entire Northeast completed The contents of this book include the People's Liberation Army's capture of Jinzhou: the Central Committee's conception of the decisive battle in the Northeast and the plan to conquer Jinzhou for the first time; the Liaoxi General Battle: the encirclement and annihilation of the Western Advance Corps, the Black Mountain Blockade of the Ten Columns; the decisive battle and liberation of Shenyang: the field army's plan to liberate Shenyang, and the field army's encirclement of Shenyang City, etc. Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  23. A Brief History of the Cantonese Bandits in Hunan completed "A Chronicle of Cantonese Bandits in Hunan" is a historical documentary document written by an anonymous person in the Qing Dynasty. It is a local documentary account of the Taiping Rebellion and the Qing court's war against bandits in the late Qing Dynasty. The word "Guangdong Bandits" in its Chinese title mainly refers to the Taiping Rebellion and its "bandit" forces in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty officials, while "Invasion of Hunan" refers to the social and military incidents in which these Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  24. A Description of Brewing Tea and Spring Products (Free Public Edition Book) completed The "Monograph on Tea Science and Spring Water" written by Ye Qingchen in the Song Dynasty mainly records "tea making methods" and "spring water tasting". The content of the book is divided into two parts: one is "Making Tea", which introduces in detail the process of making tea in the Song Dynasty (such as tea selection, fire control, use of utensils) and techniques (such as the judgment criteria of "crab eye soup"); the other is "Spring Products", which evaluates the water quality of well-know Reads8.2ScoreShelves
  25. Tao Yuan Bi Cheng completed "Tao Yuan Bi Cheng" is a collection of notes and miscellaneous works written by Wang Tao, a thinker, political commentator and scholar in the late Qing Dynasty in his "Tao Yuan" study. It is one of the important documents for understanding the social changes of the late Qing Dynasty and Wang Tao's ideological practice. Wang Tao (1828-1897) was a very influential figure in modern Chinese history. He was not only an advocate of early reform ideas, but also the founder of Chinese news and political Reads7.9ScoreShelves
  26. History of China in Duanzi (16 Volumes in Total) Historical2.0M Wordscompleted Use stories to explain history and take a look at the joys, sorrows and sorrows of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. The set contains 16 volumes in total, and the volumes are as follows: "History is So Interesting": From ancient times to the Middle Ages, from clans to gentry, the aristocratic era of Chinese civilization! "The General History of China in Jokes": 96 influential figures in history, 980 interesting classic jokes, a fresh and unique history of China. "Guo Lun" series: History has Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  27. Three Thousand Years of Finance in China completed What was the financial mechanism to sustain the long-term development and effective governance of the Chinese Empire? From a financial perspective, what is unique about China's path to becoming a modern country compared with the West? What are the financial drivers driving China's political development? China has a history of more than 3,000 years since the Shang Dynasty with precise written records. "Three Thousand Years of Finance in China" uses the clue of "finance" to reorganize Chinese hist Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  28. Empress Dowager Cixi completed Empress Dowager Cixi is a famous figure in the history of China's late Qing Dynasty. This book takes Cixi's life as the main line, is based on authoritative historical materials, and tells the story of the controversial life of Empress Dowager Cixi. The book comprehensively records the mystery of Empress Dowager Cixi's birth, her daily life, her teenage years, her escape to the north with Emperor Xianfeng, her dealings with the eight ministers Gu Ming, her rebellion with Prince Gong, the 1898 Co Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  29. Economic War - Three Major Battles to Win on the Economic Front completed This book includes: starting the war for the silver dollar; establishing the Financial and Economic Committee of the Central Committee; Chen Yun presiding over the work of the Central Finance Committee; holding the founding meeting of the Central Finance Committee; Chen Yun studying market prices; winning the first battle to stabilize the economy; decisive battle in the grain and cotton market; Chen Yun solving transportation problems; grain adjustment in Northeast China Scare off grain dealers; Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  30. Battle of Huaihai - Annihilate the Liu Zhi Group and Liberate the Jianghuai Area completed The content of this book includes the Battle of Nianzhuang: the central decision-making of the Huaihai Campaign, the adjustment of strategic intentions, the Battle of Shuangduiji: the attack on Su County to cut off the Xu-Beng Line, the adjustment of the combat plan, the Battle of Chenguanzhuang: the Kuomintang's retreat from Xuzhou, the People's Liberation Army taking advantage of the victory to encircle the enemy, etc. Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  31. Social Life History of the Song, Liao, Western Xia and Jin Dynasties (History of Social Life in Ancient China) completed The Song, Liao, Xixia, and Jin periods were an era of multi-ethnic strife and integration. All aspects of their social life show the richness and variety of customs of various ethnic groups, and there is me among you, and you among me. During this period, there were four main changes in Chinese customs. First, the living room changed from kneeling on the floor to sitting with one's feet down, which caused a series of changes in etiquette and furniture. The kang introduced by the Jurchens began t Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  32. State Power Structure and Operating Mechanism in the Ming Dynasty completed This book is a classic work on the history of the political system of the Ming Dynasty. It is based on the basic characteristics and formation path of the ancient Chinese state system. It takes the internal structure and operating rules of state power in the Ming Dynasty as an entry point and outlines the huge state machinery of the Ming Dynasty that had checks and balances at every level from the central to the local level, from the emperor to the gentry. Through the entire process of the estab Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  33. A Closer Look at the Seven Hundred Years of the Qin Dynasty completed In 221 BC, King Qin unified the world and established the Qin Dynasty; in 207 BC, Prince Qin Ying surrendered to Liu Bang, and the Qin Dynasty perished. The powerful Qin Empire only existed for a short period of 14 years, but it took nearly 700 years for the Qin State to develop into the Qin Dynasty. The book is divided into six parts: "Rise, Confrontation, Soar, Expansion, Unification, and Collapse". It explores the subtleties of history, tells us the historical origins between the vassal state Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  34. Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Vernacular completed "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars. It tells the story of the war between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. Finally, Sima Yan unified the three kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  35. The Romance of the Yang Family (Original Work) completed "Generals of the Yang Family" is a historical heroic romance novel written by the Ming Dynasty writer Xiong Damu. It is set in the early Northern Song Dynasty and tells the heroic deeds of Yang Ye and his descendants who were loyal and brave for generations to resist the enemy and defend the country. By depicting the heroic stories of the Yang family generals who fought bloody battles and defended the frontier, the work created popular heroic images of Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao, Yang Zongbao, etc., Reads7.9ScoreShelves
  36. Xu Zhuoyun Talks About History: the Rise and Fall of Great Powers' Hegemony completed The rise and fall of a dynasty can be summed up in one sentence: whether the core of public power is released. ——Xu Zhuoyun Mr. Xu Zhuoyun, with his profound knowledge of integrating the East and the West and connecting the past and the present, deeply analyzed from the perspective of systems theory the success and failure of the hegemony of great powers at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. In the Chinese history section, starting from the Qin and Han Empires, the book outlines and o Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  37. Cambridge History of the People's Republic of China. Volume 1 completed "Cambridge History of China" is one of Cambridge's various history series. Each volume is edited by scholars who study the corresponding periods of Chinese history. Each chapter in the volume is written by experts on various topics, including Chinese history researchers from all over the world. To a certain extent, it represents the level and trend of Western Chinese history research and has a certain influence in the international academic community. The translation of this volume is still fait Reads9.1ScoreShelves
  38. Nanjing Massacre completed "History Can't Forget" is a themed series of books specially designed by China Democracy and Legal Publishing House for young readers. It aims to allow young people to fully understand the face of the Anti-Japanese War and inspire their patriotism. This book is a part of the series, which mainly reflects the process of the Japanese invasion of Nanjing and the fall of Nanjing, the shameful acts of bloody massacre, brutal rape, wanton robbery, arson, and cultural destruction carried out by the Jap Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  39. Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials Volume 64 Japanese Atrocities in Publications of the Republic of China completed "Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre" is a large-scale academic project. The collection, arrangement of historical materials, and the translation, editing and publication of English, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and other documents are very complex and arduous tasks, so they can only be published in batches. It is unavoidable to arrange the publication of similar historical materials in different volumes. We apologize for this. We hope that this collection of histori Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  40. Internal Guard's Sword: the Headquarters of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force Was Established completed Although "The Story of the Republic" is a story, it has nothing to do with drama. We just want to record this period of history with the help of popular and appealing words. This 500-volume series brings together 500 major historical events that have a profound impact on the history of the Republic. In terms of the layout of the series, we have tried our best to select a number of events that are representative or of universal significance in each era and describe them so that they can reflect t Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  41. Red Star Shines on China: Youth Edition completed "Red Star Shines on China" is a documentary literary work created by American journalist Edgar Snow and translated by Dong Leshan. This book truly records what the author saw and heard during on-the-spot interviews in the revolutionary base areas in northwest China from June to October 1936. It reports to the world the situation of China, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and many Red Army leaders and Red Army generals. 2016 Marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  42. Read the History of the Warring States Period in One Go: the Warring States Period Is Full of Information (All Three Volumes) completed This book uses an easy-to-understand method to present the heart-stirring history of the Warring States Period in front of readers. Here are the familiar four princes of the Warring States Period; there are tragic war epics; there are academic thoughts where a hundred schools of thought contend; there is the change of overlords among the princes; here is the popular history of the Warring States Period: The Warring States Period is full of information. Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  43. The Whole History of the Han Empire completed Ranked first in the history list of Tianya Cooking Wine, with more than 10 million clicks during the serialization period, it is another popular history book after "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"! This is an interesting, informative and rigorous popular reading on the history of the Han Dynasty. It tells the history that is closest to reality in an interesting and humorous style. Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  44. The Yuan Dynasty (Four Volumes) completed In the Song Dynasty, the military power of the country was weak, but the economy and culture were prosperous. The politics and military and the economy and culture formed an extremely sharp contrast, seemingly disharmony coexisting in one, which led to very different evaluations from readers of history in the past, including praise and blame. The Song Dynasty thousands of years ago has become history, but the celebrities and sages, talented scholars, street life, crafts and curios of the Song Dy Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  45. Full Record of the Nanjing Massacre Historical239k Wordscompleted The book "Nanjing Massacre" details the defense of Nanjing and the Nanjing Massacre that took place in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. They attracted worldwide attention for their defense of the capital and the brutal massacre of 300,000 compatriots respectively. Thousands of Chinese soldiers sacrificed their lives in the battle to defend the capital. Their lofty spirit of patriotism is the glory of all Chinese soldiers and people. The brutal Nanjing Massacre was a great shame and humil Reads8.4ScoreShelves
  46. Taboo Archives of Ancient Chinese Gravediggers completed "A small leather whip dipped in salt water will not be used to hit living people, but will be used to whip dead corpses. It will not stop after less than three hundred blows." Not only was the person who did this not criticized, but he was also praised by Dr. Kong. Do you think this will never happen? This is about Wu Zixu, who dug up graves and whipped corpses not for money, but only to avenge his father's shame. He dug up King Ping of Chu and whipped his corpse three hundred times, creating a Reads8.3ScoreShelves
  47. The Law of Blood Remuneration: the Survival Game in Chinese History completed "The Law of Blood Remuneration: The Survival Game in Chinese History" This book proposes concepts such as blood rewards and meta-rules. The so-called blood reward, that is, the reward obtained from bleeding and fighting, embodies the exchange relationship between life and survival resources. The law of blood reward has three key points: 1. Blood reward is the profit from violent plunder at the cost of life. 2. When the blood reward is greater than the cost, violent plunder occurs. 3. Violent plu Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  48. Chronicles of the Ancient Kingdoms of Pre-Qin Dynasty completed This book systematically tells the history of more than two hundred ancient countries in the pre-Qin era, divided into seven parts: East China, Central China, South China, Southwest, Northwest, North China, and Northeast China. It shows the style of the ancient countries in the "era of all nations" in the pre-Qin period. These two hundred ancient countries are rarely mentioned in Sima Qian's "Historical Records". There are records, but their stories are rarely known. This book is based on tradit Reads9.3ScoreShelves
  49. Selected Poems of Song Zhiwen Historical17k Wordscompleted Song Zhiwen (about 656 - about 712), whose courtesy name was Yanqing and whose given name was Shaolian, was a Han nationality from Fenzhou (now Fenyang City, Shanxi Province). He was a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. He and Shen Quanqi were also called "Shen Song". In the second year of Shangyuan (675), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he passed the imperial examination. Wu Zetian was the one who held the real power at that time. Song Zhiwen, who was rich in talent and learning, was deeply a Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  50. A Study on the Song Dynasty completed The Song Dynasty was an era of highly prosperous commodity economy, culture, education, and scientific innovation in ancient Chinese history. In the more than 300 years since its founding, the Song Dynasty overthrew twice, both due to foreign aggression. It was the only dynasty that did not die from civil strife, so it has unique research value. Chinese and foreign historians have concentrated a large number of scholars on various aspects of the Song Dynasty, and many results with certain social Reads8.7ScoreShelves