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This book is based on Zhang Yinlin's "Outline of Chinese History", Lu Simian's "Chinese History" and Jiang Tingfu's "Modern History of China", taking their strengths and integrating them. Chapter 1 to Chapter 12, Section 1 of this book are written by Zhang Yinlin; Chapter 12, Section 2 to Chapter 19, Section 1, Chapter 22, Section 3 to Section 9, Chapter 24, Section 2 to Section 12, are written by Lu Simian; Chapter 19, Section 2 to Chapter 22, Section 2, and Chapter 24, Section 1 are written by Jiang Tingfu. To this day, the depth and breadth of the works of these three historians still far exceeds that of some history majors today, and they are rare good books for understanding Chinese history.

This book is full of citations, vertical and horizontal, and explains the theme with rich literary and historical materials and free writing style.