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This book is an influential monograph by the late Mary Rui, a professor at Yale University in the United States. It describes in detail the various efforts and measures implemented by central and local officials of the late Qing government to "Tongzhi Zhongxing" (1862-1874) and save the corrupt Qing Dynasty, including military, political, economic, cultural, educational, and diplomatic aspects. It also explains the social and historical conditions on which "ZTE" is based, revealing the internal mechanism of ZTE's "almost success" and the reasons for its ultimate failure. Although his views are highly controversial, they are quite original.

This book is a masterpiece by the late Yale University professor Mary Ray. The author discusses in detail the various efforts made by central and local officials of the Qing government during the Tongzhi period to "support the building before it collapsed", involving military, political, economic, cultural, educational, diplomatic and other aspects, as well as how modern Western countries treat these reform measures, explains the social and historical conditions on which "Zhongxing" is based, and reveals He pointed out that "their vision was limited to the local situation and practical problems, and they could not see through the details accumulated over thousands of years to identify the basis for the continued existence of the Confucian system. They insisted on retaining the existing order as a whole, but doing so would only lead to its total loss."