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"General Theory of Chinese History" is Mr. Wang Jiafan's classic work. It was written based on the lecture notes he taught in the "General History of China" course. The scope of discussion covers all Chinese history up to today. It not only outlines the outline and explains the whole, but also includes special attention to the "Chinese complex" that has transformed "tradition" into "modernity" over the past century. Wang Jiafan provides a personalized interpretation of major issues in history from a coherent and holistic interpretation perspective, thereby revealing the inner context of China's historical changes and presenting the "General History of China" as he understands it. The whole book is divided into three parts: preface, postpart and sequel. The first part focuses on the basic characteristics and evolutionary context of China's historical development, and carries out crisscross special discussions; the second part is intended to review and reflect on the century-old experience of writing "General History"; the sequel includes relevant articles written ten years after the first edition, such as "Reading History: Premodern, Modern and Postmodern" and "The Contingency and Inevitability of the Ming and Qing Dynasties".

"Ming and Qing Jiangnan History Series" contains the author's research results of more than 30 years in governing the history of Jiangnan in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The articles are divided into four parts according to type: "Monograph" contains several papers that are foundational works in the field of social and economic history research in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Jiangnan; "Pranches" focus on individual cases, talking about officials, gentry, and people in Jiangnan, both emotionally and rationally; "Talk" and "Preface and Postscript" focus on methodology and historical experience, retaining the original flavor of talks and people's comments on books. The appendix is ​​part of the author's memoirs, allowing readers to understand the author's early growth. If readers are really interested in reading what I have written, they must not regard it as a true academic work. At best, they are just a person who has experienced it and talks about his past "experiences" with a pen, a random and impromptu experience of "experiences". The background is "big history" in which everyone participates. If you meet someone who knows me and can read my thoughts and confusions in this kind of "big history", it doesn't matter if it's my fault or not. If you can give me a knowing smile, you will be very lucky. --Wang Jiafan