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1276 AD, that is, the thirteenth year of the reign of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, may be a year that is often ignored but has a key significance in Chinese history. In this year, the Yuan army marched south and destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, which had been peaceful for a long time. After five centuries of division and separatism, the north and south of the Yangtze River were once again reunited as one region. Kublai Khan became the first ethnic minority leader to establish a unified central dynasty in mainland China. Moreover, this unification process also included Yunnan, Tibet and the Western Regions into the Chinese territory. Such a broad-scale unification was the first time in Chinese history. As the most critical year in the process of unification of the Yuan Dynasty, Shi Weimin, the author of "Great Unification - Chronicles of the Thirteenth Year of Yuan to Yuan Dynasty", uses documentary techniques to connect the major events that occurred in 1276 into one chapter, showing readers a brief but vivid historical picture. In addition to the cruel and fierce war process, it focuses on describing the various conflicts brought about by social changes and the interaction between different cultures. Nearly 300 historical figures of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds appear in the book, including emperors, important ministers, generals, martyrs, maids... In 1276, a year of great historical significance, they performed various personal destinies that were lamentable, sad or happy.

In the long history of China, although the rule of the Yuan Dynasty only lasted for more than a hundred years, under the unprecedented "great unification" situation, the mutual influence and integration of farming culture, nomadic culture, and fishing and hunting culture left an indelible mark on the social life of all ethnic groups in China. This book provides a detailed description of all aspects of Chinese social life in the 13th and 14th centuries, focusing on revealing the impact of the integration of nomadic culture and farming culture on social life. It is a historical monograph that comprehensively and systematically studies social life in the Yuan Dynasty.