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This book is one of the representative works of French historian and thinker Tocqueville. Through research and analysis of a large number of historical facts about the French Revolution, Tocqueville revealed the intrinsic connection between the old system and the Revolution, explored the origins of the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, and the reasons why the Revolution was more thorough and intense than other bourgeois revolutions. The questions studied in this book include: Why do French people hate feudal power so much more than other countries? Why were the people of France at that time more similar to each other and more separate and indifferent to each other than the people of other countries? The most prosperous period of the old monarchy was the reign of Louis XVI. Why did this prosperity accelerate the pace of the Great Revolution... The French Revolution had an important position and influence in world history. It can inspire later generations and make them aware of history while understanding history. Its content and nature determine that this book has far-reaching significance. It will surely enlighten and shock readers, allowing them to more clearly understand the era in which they live, and be a person who draws lessons from history. This book has been highly recommended by Wang Qishan, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and other central government officials, as well as scholars and celebrities such as Zhu Xueqin, Qin Hui, Xu Xiaonian, Lei Yi, Yi Gang, and Ren Zhiqiang.

Tocqueville's "The Old Regime and the Revolution" is a classic work about the French Revolution. This is not a history of the French Revolution, but a study of the changes and impacts of the political system behind the Revolution. Through in-depth research on documents, archives and events related to the French Revolution, Tocqueville groundbreakingly answered the following questions: Why did the revolution accelerate at the most prosperous and enlightened period of the old system? Why did the revolution first break out in places with the least oppression? Why did revolutionaries angrily destroy all existing political systems? Did centralization of power and freedom of speech lead to people's demanding demands on the government? In order to realize the equality they love, why people would rather not have freedom, etc. Through in-depth discussions on these issues, Tocqueville clarified the relationship between the four important political concepts of democracy, autocracy, freedom, and equality in a general sense.