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"Lost Cities" explores four once-glorious ancient cities and uncovers the history of their rise and fall. Çatalhöyük, Angkor, Pompeii, and Cahokia are respectively the world's earliest cities, giant cities hidden in the jungles of medieval South Asia, the spiritual Eden of European civilization, and the heart of Mississippian culture in the Americas. They were once the heart of civilization, radiating vitality in all directions-but people eventually abandoned them. The heart of the former civilization stopped beating and became the legendary "Lost City". Author Annalee Newitz uses story-telling language to reveal the true face of the lost city. The author visited experts and archaeological sites in the field and brought back cutting-edge information about these four cities. What is new is that this book focuses more on the common people who are often ignored by history, so you can not only see the development trend of the city from scratch, but also see the daily life of a Stone Age woman, the business ups and downs of a pair of Pompeii brothers... Through the laborers, women, slaves, immigrants and other unknown ordinary people who support the city, we re-examine the ancient civilized city from a head-up perspective. Looking back at history, we can't help but ask, what caused the collapse of great cities? Political unrest, natural disasters... This book will take you through the multiple reasons that overwhelm a city. It will also bring about another reflection: Will our city also face the same lonely end in the future? In an unstable era, "Lost City" will give us a new perspective on cities, civilization, and ourselves.

Dinner is an eternal matter, gained and lost between the lips and teeth. The ancients preferred to settle important matters at the dinner table, because the dinner party is the most suitable place for transactions, and murderous intentions are often buried between the cups and glasses! The wonderful methods used by the ancients at dinner parties are impressive and can inspire modern people to ponder and learn from them. This book selects 20 of the most classic dinner parties from history books, which are either full of political wisdom, change the course of history, or highlight the humanistic spirit. The author closely revolves the joys and sorrows of the characters and the wonderful events of history around a dinner party, slowly opening the curtain on the history of Chinese dinner parties.

"Changes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Brainstorming about the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is an interesting masterpiece that allows you to quickly understand the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties! This book comprehensively reflects the splendid but unknown history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. With a rigorous historical spirit and a humorous and simple writing style, the author conducts macro exploration and detailed excavation of the history of these two dynasties, and vividly presents a true and beautiful historical feast to readers.

Today's fast-paced life makes time scarce and tense, but blindly fragmented reading or shallow reading can also be boring. The author insists on exploring history with a careful reading attitude, and also presents readers with in-depth articles. The late Qing Dynasty was the period of decline of the last feudal dynasty in China. Chinese and foreign forces, old and new, were intertwined. There are many wonderful stories worth reading carefully. The author looked through archives, memoirs, "Manuscripts of Qing History", etc. To explain in popular and relaxed language, and kept the sobriety of bystanders to comment. Different aspects such as politics, military, and culture tell about the various characters who emerged and the major historical events that occurred during the turbulent period from 1840 to 1911. It strives to dig out fresh and valuable things from the boring historical materials to inspire readers to think and analyze.

In the previous wars against foreign aggression, in addition to hardware factors such as weapons and equipment, the emergence of traitors within the Chinese nation was also a major reason for the failure and humiliation. Traitors are cancer cells and tumors within the body of the Chinese nation. Once a national crisis breaks out, these traitors will seek refuge with the invaders, willing to be driven by them and betray national interests. This book selects the five traitor regimes that Japan fostered in China during the Sino-Japanese War, and 22 representative traitors. Among them are all kinds of figures including Beiyang elders, political, military, financial, and cultural circles. This book has rich information, reasonable style, and appropriate details. It records the harm caused by traitors during the Anti-Japanese War in relatively detail, the process of trying traitors, and the evidence of their crimes. It also provides popular education on the final fate of traitors and uses history as a mirror.

"Zhang Juzheng No More in the World" is a multi-volume popular historical work. It starts from the birth of Zhang Juzheng and ends with Emperor Chongzhen's hanging on Meishan Mountain. It focuses on describing the distinctive historical events of the late Ming Dynasty and exploring the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

"History of the Development of Chinese Writing" includes: "Shang and Zhou Scripts", "Qin and Han Scripts", "Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Scrolls", "Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties Scripts", and "Ethnic Scripts", with a total of 3 million words. Based on extensive collection of materials for investigation, it uses highly quantitative methods. Using specialized statistical analysis methods, we conduct chronological investigations and descriptions of the development and evolution of Chinese characters, scientifically present the laws of character development in various important periods in our country, pay attention to the systematic nature of development and the factors and environments that influence development, and systematically construct the history of the development of Chinese characters.

A readable alternative civilization history about plague. The famous historian Croce once said that all history is contemporary history. Plague is not far away from us, and understanding the history of plague will not only help us understand Chinese history in a more three-dimensional way. This book reveals the impact and profound significance of plague on human development through the investigation of the history of Qin and Han Dynasties. The extended reading in the book uses storytelling to explain in detail historical figures, events, historical relics, geographical evolution, Chinese classics, oracle bone inscriptions, etc.

The Six Dynasties era is the cultural treasure house of our country. At that time, people's thoughts and spirits were far more open and free than they are now, even in Europe after the Renaissance. Qingtan in the Wei and Jin Dynasties refers to the aristocratic intellectuals in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Their main content is to explore the philosophy of life, society, and the universe. They pay great attention to rhetoric and skills in talking and debating. It is an extremely interesting and ideologically valuable activity. Its content can be an eye-opener for people who are stuck in the technological age. When writing this book, we consulted a large number of historical materials, made extensive reference to relevant previous research results, and combined the literature in Chinese, Japanese, and English to provide a detailed and clear discussion of the name, form, content, and evolution and development of Qingtan in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Yu Yingshi commented: This book fills a gap in the history of cultural thought. The whole book seems academic, but the actual style is like a famous master telling history, vivid and real but not boring; with keen thinking and vivid and elegant diction, it is a historical masterpiece written for ordinary people of the Yan and Huang Dynasties.

The age of capital is a progressive drama starring the bourgeoisie. New technologies such as trains and steamships have brought the scene from Europe to the world. The protagonists in simple clothes confidently and calmly performed this era of victory that ignored the ups and downs but witnessed the grandeur. After a short and exciting prelude to revolution, the peaceful and steady triumph of capitalism echoed around the world. In an era of great economic prosperity, the winners who controlled capital and technology dominated the losers who clung to tradition. A large number of farmers moved away from the land that had been reduced to commodities and moved to cities and industries, slowly condensing their worker consciousness in the boundless environment; the respected bourgeoisie, in its solid family fortress, created an immortal legend of liberalism. The theory of evolution leads scientific advancement, while realism suppresses artistic creativity... In 1875, an unprecedentedly long Great Depression quietly slipped into the age of empire.

The Age of Empire is a story of expansion and death filled with contradictions, where unparalleled peace creates unparalleled war. The hope of progress hides an increasingly uneasy fear, and the effortless conquest breeds the unstoppable destruction. It seems to have broken off the past, but is directly connected to the present. We are no longer in it, but we don't know how much it is still in us. When a group of advanced countries carve up the backward world, the economic position shifts from free competition of small businesses to protectionist conglomerates, and the political motivation moves from the middle-class elite to the masses. The labor movement bursts out from the economic boom, and the bourgeoisie falls from wealth. Nationalism moves to the right waving the national flag. New women break out of darkness and appear in history. Popular art completes the cultural revolution that the avant-garde aims to promote. The scientific revolution disintegrates the certain and stable truth of the universe. The ancient empire set off a huge wave of revolution, and the new empire was shrouded in the haze of war.

This is a history of ancient life that will make you hungry. From the three aspects of eating, drinking and having fun, we will take you to fully experience the wisdom of the ancients. Observe the lives of ancient people from a modern perspective, and you will find that the ancients put no less thought into eating, drinking, and having fun than modern people do. No matter when, people always pursue high-quality life and elegant spiritual enjoyment. This book will take you through ancient times and experience the seemingly ordinary but interesting daily life of the ancients. It will reveal all kinds of historical trivia you want to know in one breath, making you unable to help but read it again and again.

Legend has it that there are 9,999 half-rooms in the Forbidden City. Why are there half-rooms? Is the Meridian Gate really the place where beheadings take place? Do eunuchs and maids also need to receive wages and bonuses? Why is the crow in the Forbidden City called a sacred bird? How high are the "high-soled shoes" worn by palace concubines? You can find the answers to these questions in the book. The majestic palace, etiquette and regulations, health and daily life, elegance of culture and sports, eunuchs and maids, secrets of the palace, palace costumes, the origin of the Forbidden City, this book will satisfy all your curiosity about the Forbidden City. Explore the mysteries of majestic buildings, interpret the rights and wrongs of palace walls, and unlock the codes of the rise and fall of dynasties...

The Three Kingdoms era was a time of great changes and heroes emerged in large numbers. There are endless official historical records, unofficial legends, and romantic novels about this period. It is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and the true face of the Three Kingdoms has gradually been ignored by readers. This book is a new masterpiece by Wang Jueren, the author of "Three Hundred Years of the Rise and Fall of the Tang Dynasty" (formerly "The Bloody Tang Dynasty"). It strives to unravel the mysteries behind historical events and restore the true history of the Three Kingdoms from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the fall of the Kingdom of Wu. The sworn friendship between Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan is a beautiful fictional story. It was not Zhuge Liang who "borrowed arrows from a straw boat", but Sun Quan. Sima Yi did not accept the women's clothing sent by Zhuge Liang. Open this book and restore the real Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang in history...

"NBA Chronicles" is an NBA history encyclopedia book that tells the wonderful moments of every year in NBA history. From the perspective of the annual rings, recall the complete NBA years and record the changes in the NBA from the beginning to the present. From the birth of the NBA, to the early green jersey era, free-for-alls, black and white hegemony, the Jordan era, superstars in troubled times, and giant teams, to today's small ball era, what roles did superstars such as Chamberlain, Jordan, Kobe, James, Curry, etc. Play in the long history of the NBA and in their respective eras? This book gives you the answer. From 1946 to 2021, the 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition of "NBA Chronicles" presents readers with a comprehensive and true account of the NBA years.

"The Strange Game of Kangxi" focuses on the rights and wrongs of Kangxi's rule for decades. From multiple perspectives such as "removing vassals", "powerful ministers", "governing skills", "employing people", "seizing direct lineage" and "passing on the throne", it restores Kangxi, a powerful figure who was iron-fisted, arbitrary, enlightened and wise, and reveals the emperor hidden behind the prosperity of Kangxi's prosperous era. Political struggles, scheming and human desires, the struggle between powerful ministers in the court, and the secrets in the inner courtyard of the palace... Comprehensively interpret the intricate relationship between political struggle and orthodoxy, nation and world, human feelings and imperial power, emptiness and bloodshed, as well as the profound connotation of rationally and objectively questioning Kangxi's power and human misalignment.

"Breaking the Ming and Qing Dynasties" takes the "Biography of Erchen" compiled since the 41st year of Qianlong's reign as the main research object, focusing on the life choices and historical actions of intellectuals during the Ming and Qing Dynasties: the author introduces it from 1644, a special period of "three days in the sky", and with the help of a large number of ancient historical books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, returns to the scenes and behind-the-scenes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Based on careful research, he analyzes some controversial historical facts. The history has been clarified and corrected, and for the mysterious cases that have not yet been clearly concluded, we use human circumstances and make reasonable speculations, striving to restore the causes and consequences of the Ming ministers' surrender to the Qing Dynasty during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them are Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, who were the founders of the country, Sun Dingyuan, Kong Youde, etc. Who were loyal and martyred to the "two masters" of the Qing Dynasty, and Xie Sheng, Qian Qianyi, etc. Who served in the new dynasty but "made no achievements".

"The Final Destiny of the Qing Dynasty" interprets the founding history of the Qing Dynasty during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is divided into four chapters: Tianming Khan, Huang Taiji, Dorgon and Emperor Shunzhi. It tells the founding history of the Qing Dynasty from the Jurchen tribe to the unification of the Central Plains: from the Tianming Khan Nurhaci who changed the Yuan Dynasty and founded the country, to the Qing Emperor Taizong Huang Taiji changed his name to Khan and proclaimed himself emperor, and then Prince Rui, Dorgon, entered the Guan Dynasty as regent, and finally the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty Fulin Dingding Central Plains opened the curtain of Qing rule. He tried to restore the inheritance and changes of the emperors in the early Qing Dynasty, internal and external struggles for political power, cooperation and games in the fame and fortune market, until he successfully settled the history of the Central Plains.

"The Mystery of Yongzheng" tells the history of how Emperor Yongzheng counterattacked from an "idle" prince to a "diligent" emperor. It not only writes about his outstanding political achievements in the thirteen years of his reign, but also writes about his attempts to rectify his name and reform in order to seize the throne and the historical events behind it. Yongzheng was determined to reform and reverse the long-standing shortcomings of the late Kangxi Dynasty. He worked hard, worked hard, and died young in his prime. The merits and demerits of a thousand years are open to speculation, and all kinds of pursuits are different. Yongzheng gained great achievements and notoriety. He was diligent and hard-working enough to catch up with Kangxi. He was fierce and ruthless in proving his innocence. He was also fueled by his son Qianlong...

This is a cross-border work that interprets history from an economic perspective. This book details the employment system and profit distribution system of the two major military groups Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, making the historical mysteries clear and transparent, with a novel perspective and interesting information. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and all the heroes were vying for the throne. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for hegemony for seven years and won. What is the underlying reason? This book takes the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony as the main line and tells how Liu Bang gradually strengthened his own strength through conquests, diplomacy and internal political management, and attracted senior talents such as Han Xin, and finally established the Han Empire. The author uses the economics perspective to reorganize this seven-year war for hegemony, conducts in-depth interpretations of historical events such as the "Hongmen Banquet", corrects fallacies, and brings readers a different and novel experience.

In every era, there are different arenas. This book takes you through the various ancient professions and tells you how dangerous the ancient world was. How the emperors were deceived by charlatans, how the ancients predicted the future, how the wandering charlatans deceived people, what to do if someone robbed someone's home, how advanced the art of counterfeiting was in ancient times, and there were "master salesmen" who could act in ancient times. Telling about the things that happened in Jianghu, readers can learn about Jianghu culture, understand the ways of the world, increase their knowledge and abilities in a relaxed reading, and become a sober, wise and thorough person in a complex society!

This book uses popular and beautiful writing to present the life of Fan Zhongyan Xiu Qi Zhiping. On the basis of being faithful to historical facts and comprehensively absorbing Fan Zhongyan's research results, and under the guidance of a correct view of history, this book faces the public and uses popular and beautiful writing to present Fan Zhongyan's family background, Fan Zhongyan and Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan from ten aspects. His relationship with many friends such as Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan's contributions to people's livelihood, education, and academics during his time as an official in various places, Fan Zhongyan's political thoughts, literary creations, family traditions, etc., All show this traditional scholar-bureaucrat's feelings of "worrying about the world's worries first, and rejoicing after the world's happiness" from aspects such as being a person, being a writer, and being an official. It is both academic and popular.

This is a historical fact that changed the history of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty through chatting. Through the detailed description and in-depth analysis of each chat, this book gives a panoramic view of the tortuous entrepreneurial period of Liu Bei and his followers from Youzhou to Xuzhou, and from Jingzhou to Yizhou; the difficult period of maintaining their career after the victory in Chibi and the loss of Jingzhou, the tragic defeat of Yiling, the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition; and the helpless failure period of the Shu Han regime's defeat in Hanzhong and the surrender of Chengdu. Liu Bei, who was "indifferent to emotions and anger", did not leave many chat records, but almost every chat was of great significance and meant that some changes had occurred. Why did a conversation with Taishi Ci awaken Pingyuan Xiang at that time? While drinking green plum wine, why did Uncle Liu become so panicked? "Longzhong Pair" is well-known, but why is it fatal? Liu Qi asked Zhuge Liang for advice, what would he do if he went upstairs and took out the stairs? Why did Sun Quan nod in agreement with Lu Su's innovative proposal of "borrowing Jingzhou"? Considering the contradiction between Yizhou and trustworthiness, how did Liu Bei find a solution from Pang Tong's "contingency" theory? What kind of twist is hidden in Bai Di Tuogu? What exquisite designs are buried in "Chu Shi Biao"? Why did Zhuge Liang evaluate Wei Yan's plan to launch a surprise attack on Chang'an from Ziwu Valley as "dangerous"? Why did General Jiang Wei dare not express his anger after a conversation with the empress, and has been stationed in Tashang since then? What kind of secrets does Liu Chan, the king of the subjugated country, hide in Shu? In this complicated history, each chat has profound meaning and far-reaching influence, but what exactly have changed in these chats, and how have they contributed to the change intentionally or unintentionally? The author analyzes it piece by piece, one by one.

The author focuses on writing from the first year of Han Yuan Emperor Liu Shi Jingning (33 BC) to the fourth year of Emperor Di Huang (23 AD) when Wang Mang was killed. In total, he describes Wang Mang's ups and downs in politics for about fifty-six years. Based on the records of traditional official history, combined with unofficial history, notes, anecdotes and folklore, the author describes the main experiences of Wang Mang's life in detail. Using his bloody imperial journey as the main line, the author depicts the contradictory and complicated history of inner struggle of Wang Mang's life, and also depicts his inner wandering and struggle between ideals and reality.

In-depth decryption of the Qing palace archives and revealing hidden secrets to the world: "Qing Palace Archives Tell the History of the Qing Dynasty", "Two Hundred Years of the Military Aircraft Department", "The Twelve Iron-hatted Kings of the Qing Dynasty", "Sunset over the Forbidden City: The Biography of Cixi", "The Double-Faced Official: The Biography of He Shen".

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, the largest cruise ship in the world at the time, began its first and last voyage. But what is less known is that there were eight Chinese passengers on that ship, and six of them survived. Regarding the Chinese survivors on the "Titanic", the earliest traceable information is only sporadic reports from Western media after the disaster, as well as the memories and testimonies of individual survivors of the "Titanic": some said they were stowaways and hid in the lifeboats from the beginning; some said they got on the lifeboats by pretending to be women; others said they were pointed at guns and would rather be beaten to death than get off the lifeboats. Behind these apparently contradictory accusations lies a historical truth that no one knows or cares about. These six people suffered a century of infamy for no reason and were then forgotten. More than a century later, maritime historian Schwank unveiled that dusty history for the first time. He removed the false and retained the true from the massive archives and pieced together the identity information about the Chinese passengers. He personally carried out immersion experiments and built lifeboats according to original proportions, just to restore the experience of Chinese passengers at the time of the shipwreck and to dispel false accusations. He also went to the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Taishan, the hometown of the Chinese passengers, many times to conduct on-the-spot investigations to find out why these people came across the ocean and where they went after the shipwreck.

After Yuan Shikai's death, the Beiyang warlord group split into three major factions: the Zhili clique headed by Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, the Anhui clique headed by Duan Qirui, and the Feng clique headed by Zhang Zuolin. In order to compete for the actual control of the Beiyang government, the battle between the government and the academy between President Li Yuanhong and Prime Minister Duan Qirui has become fierce. From 1916 to 1928, the political chaos lasted for 12 years. Various farces were staged in turn, from Zhang Xun's restoration to Cao Kun's election bribery, and the 38th cabinet collapsed. Based on a large number of historical documents and long-term research, the author is very knowledgeable about many complex historical issues. The plot is confusing, suspenseful and fascinating, making this book both profoundly thoughtful and highly readable.

"Zizhi Tongjian" is written from the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, vividly showing the living people and stories in the 1362-year history of 16 dynasties. It can be said to be the "big data" and "super case collection" of China's political and cultural heritage. The problems and confusions we encounter today have been encountered and dealt with by our historical predecessors, and they have learned lessons from them. The author Hua Shan translates the entire "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in "vernacular Chinese", and tries his best to retain the charm of the original text, making people pick it up like reading a novel and not be able to put it down. At the same time, it combines the views of famous experts in the past and my own management experience to explain the wisdom in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" that is truly useful to ordinary people in the 21st century.

"New Historiography" is sponsored by the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University of China. It focuses on grasping the forefront of the development of history from a methodological perspective and strives to explore the path of historical innovation. This book is the 13th volume. The theme of this book revolves around the issues of modern ethnic and East Asian identity concepts. It covers the historical writing of the Xiangxi region in the Qing Dynasty, the inheritance system of the eldest son concept in the Shuixi Junchang Kingdom, the expansion and universalization of the concepts of "Chinese" and "China" in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and literature. The governance of Japan in the Edo period and the world system of East Asia in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the re-evaluation of the Meiji Restoration, the Ottoman Empire's cultural policy of "governing according to customs", the recognition of the political center of Beijing by various ethnic groups in the Qing Dynasty as seen in the mythological epics of minority languages, etc.

The more than thirty years of the Sui Dynasty was a short period of intense color in ancient history, connecting the past and the future. It was also a gorgeous stage where the king's flag changed on the city wall, and you sang and I appeared. Yiwei's "A Close Reading of the Forty Years of the Sui Dynasty" provides a panoramic description of the Sui Dynasty history in three sections: the rise, prosperity, and decline. It is of great help to quickly grasp the history of the Sui Dynasty and to go beyond the temporary reputation and think about this period of great transition.

The more than 160 years from the Liu Song Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty when the Nanchen Dynasty was destroyed was a relatively special historical period in Chinese history. During this period, the Chinese Empire, dominated by the Han civilization, had a long-term confrontation with the country established by the northern nomads. The integration and struggle of various ethnic groups that began during the Jin Dynasty continued to deepen. From the perspective of the society at that time, this was certainly an era full of disasters and pain, but from a historical perspective, the conflict was a special form of collision of civilizations of different natures, and the results it brought were not all negative. As far as the historical process of Han civilization at that time is concerned, the Jin Dynasty was full of pathological aristocratic habits, which could no longer be cleansed and solved by its own strength. In other words, Han civilization had reached a bottleneck period. Without violent collision and integration, it would be difficult to get out of it on its own strength. Under such conditions, it is of certain positive significance to integrate the vitality of the ethnic groups outside the Great Wall. This small book starts from this perspective, trying to uncover the veil of the Northern and Southern Dynasties era, and understand the people and things that have passed away from point to point, as well as the traces they left in the long history.

In 1206, the Great Mongolian Kingdom was established. In 1271, Kuhan changed the name of his country to "Dayuan". During the Yuan Dynasty, the unified multi-ethnic country was further consolidated, and its territory exceeded that of previous dynasties. It pioneered the political system and had a profound impact on the society of the Yuan Dynasty and the subsequent Ming and Qing Dynasties and modern times. The commodity economy and overseas trade were more prosperous, and Beijing and Quanzhou became truly international metropolises. The cultural form became more secular, and freedom of religious belief made cultural exchanges more extensive. Many casual historians like to use words such as cruelty, corruption, and darkness to describe the regime established by this nomadic people. It is undeniable that the Mongol Empire conquered the East and the West with iron blood and brought war to many regions. But beyond the logic of farming culture, look at it from a broader perspective: the empire that conquered Asia and Europe, and connected the East and the West, brought the world into the true era of globalization for the first time and accelerated the process of world integration. This book comprehensively analyzes the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire from the political, military, cultural, and economic perspectives, presenting a comprehensive and three-dimensional view of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Lu Shi Chun Qiu", also known as "Lu Lan". The book is mainly based on Taoist thoughts, and integrates the thoughts of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Military, Agriculture, Zongheng, Yin and Yang, etc., So it was included in the miscellaneous family system by later generations. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" is divided into twelve chapters, eight chapters, and six treatises, with a total of twenty-six volumes, one hundred and sixty chapters, and more than 200,000 words. Due to space limitations, this book selects nearly a hundred incisive and profound philosophical quotes from the original text of more than 200,000 words, supplemented by many classic cases, in order to provide an in-depth interpretation of "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" and present to readers the wisdom and strategies in many aspects of health preservation, education, military affairs, self-cultivation, and country governance in the original work.

Compare different descriptions of the same event in "Historical Records", "Hanshu", and "Zizhi Tongjian"; do extensive research on reliable information such as "Shui Jing Zhu", documents unearthed from Han tombs, and famous poems; pick up the fragments of history and restore the truth that has been hidden by official history.

Prisoners of History writes history, using historical facts as the skeleton, reality as the flesh and blood, humor as the soul, applying modern lifestyles, and telling different stories. The characters he chose are all very well-known. Those dull and serious historical celebrities in the history books turned into vivid faces and flesh and blood bodies with souls in the prisoner's pen.

Prisoners of History writes history, using historical facts as the skeleton, reality as the flesh and blood, humor as the soul, applying modern lifestyles, and telling different stories. The characters he chose are all very well-known. Those dull and serious historical celebrities in the history books turned into vivid faces and flesh and blood bodies with souls in the prisoner's pen.

Prisoners of History writes history, using historical facts as the skeleton, reality as the flesh and blood, humor as the soul, applying modern lifestyles, and telling different stories. The characters he chose are all very well-known. Those dull and serious historical celebrities in the history books turned into vivid faces and flesh and blood bodies with souls in the prisoner's pen.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" mainly tells the history of the Ming Dynasty in the three hundred years from 1344 to 1644. It refers to more than 20 kinds of historical materials and notes of the Ming Dynasty, such as "Records of the Ming Dynasty", "Ming Tongjian", "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Ming Dynasty Chronicles", etc. It was reviewed and recommended by Mao Peiqi, an expert on Ming Dynasty. Overlooking the three hundred years of Ming Dynasty history, you can see a different Ming Dynasty.

This book is the first work in the series of looking back at the millennium. This work sorts out a clear main line of the Spring and Autumn Period from the complex historical materials, which can help readers grasp the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period from a macro perspective. The main line of Spring and Autumn is mainly divided into four stages. The early Spring and Autumn Period - after King Ping moved eastward, the Three Little Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period headed by Zheng Zhuanggong supported the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period. The work revolves around the perspectives of Zheng, Qi and Chu, telling the historical events of the Early Spring and Autumn Period; the middle stage of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the rise of Duke Huan of Qi, the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period is continued, and the work revolves around The struggle for hegemony between Qi and Chu unfolds, telling the historical events from Duke Huan's first hegemony of the Central Plains to the battle between Qi and Chu over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River; the late Spring and Autumn Period - introduces the background of Qu Wo Dai Yi and the rise of the Jin State, taking Jin Wengong Chong'er's exile in various countries as the main line, and restoring the beginning and end of the Battle of Chengpu from multiple perspectives such as politics, military, and geography. From the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC to the second annihilation of the military alliance in 546 BC, in nearly a hundred years, the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony became the main theme of the era. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the second war and alliance, the countries of the Spring and Autumn Period had a truce for forty years. While the external conflicts of each country were alleviated, the Jin, Chu, and Qi countries all experienced internal worries to varying degrees. The scholar-bureaucrat class rose up and gradually emptied the power of the princes and kings. This phenomenon had a profound impact on later generations, such as the division of the three families into Jin and the succession of the Tian family to Qi. During the same period, Wu and Yue in the southeast region rose one after another, pushing Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony to its climax. In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue succeeded in his revenge. This established the pattern of the four great powers of Jin, Chu, Qi and Yue in the early Warring States Period.

This book is the first work in the series of looking back at the millennium. This work sorts out a clear main line of the Spring and Autumn Period from the complex historical materials, which can help readers grasp the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period from a macro perspective. The main line of Spring and Autumn is mainly divided into four stages. The early Spring and Autumn Period - after King Ping moved eastward, the Three Little Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period headed by Zheng Zhuanggong supported the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period. The work revolves around the perspectives of Zheng, Qi and Chu, telling the historical events of the Early Spring and Autumn Period; the middle stage of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the rise of Duke Huan of Qi, the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period is continued, and the work revolves around The struggle for hegemony between Qi and Chu unfolds, telling the historical events from Duke Huan's first hegemony of the Central Plains to the battle between Qi and Chu over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River; the late Spring and Autumn Period - introduces the background of Qu Wo Dai Yi and the rise of the Jin State, taking Jin Wengong Chong'er's exile in various countries as the main line, and restoring the beginning and end of the Battle of Chengpu from multiple perspectives such as politics, military, and geography. From the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC to the second annihilation of the military alliance in 546 BC, in nearly a hundred years, the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony became the main theme of the era. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the second war and alliance, the countries of the Spring and Autumn Period had a truce for forty years. While the external conflicts of each country were alleviated, the Jin, Chu, and Qi countries all experienced internal worries to varying degrees. The scholar-bureaucrat class rose up and gradually emptied the power of the princes and kings. This phenomenon had a profound impact on later generations, such as the division of the three families into Jin and the succession of the Tian family to Qi. During the same period, Wu and Yue in the southeast region rose one after another, pushing Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony to its climax. In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue succeeded in his revenge. This established the pattern of the four great powers of Jin, Chu, Qi and Yue in the early Warring States Period.

This book is the first work in the series of looking back at the millennium. This work sorts out a clear main line of the Spring and Autumn Period from the complex historical materials, which can help readers grasp the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period from a macro perspective. The main line of Spring and Autumn is mainly divided into four stages. The early Spring and Autumn Period - after King Ping moved eastward, the Three Little Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period headed by Zheng Zhuanggong supported the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period. The work revolves around the perspectives of Zheng, Qi and Chu, telling the historical events of the Early Spring and Autumn Period; the middle stage of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the rise of Duke Huan of Qi, the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period is continued, and the work revolves around The struggle for hegemony between Qi and Chu unfolds, telling the historical events from Duke Huan's first hegemony of the Central Plains to the battle between Qi and Chu over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River; the late Spring and Autumn Period - introduces the background of Qu Wo Dai Yi and the rise of the Jin State, taking Jin Wengong Chong'er's exile in various countries as the main line, and restoring the beginning and end of the Battle of Chengpu from multiple perspectives such as politics, military, and geography. From the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC to the second annihilation of the military alliance in 546 BC, in nearly a hundred years, the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony became the main theme of the era. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the second war and alliance, the countries of the Spring and Autumn Period had a truce for forty years. While the external conflicts of each country were alleviated, the Jin, Chu, and Qi countries all experienced internal worries to varying degrees. The scholar-bureaucrat class rose up and gradually emptied the power of the princes and kings. This phenomenon had a profound impact on later generations, such as the division of the three families into Jin and the succession of the Tian family to Qi. During the same period, Wu and Yue in the southeast region rose one after another, pushing Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony to its climax. In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue succeeded in his revenge. This established the pattern of the four great powers of Jin, Chu, Qi and Yue in the early Warring States Period.

This book is the first work in the series of looking back at the millennium. This work sorts out a clear main line of the Spring and Autumn Period from the complex historical materials, which can help readers grasp the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period from a macro perspective. The main line of Spring and Autumn is mainly divided into four stages. The early Spring and Autumn Period - after King Ping moved eastward, the Three Little Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period headed by Zheng Zhuanggong supported the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period. The work revolves around the perspectives of Zheng, Qi and Chu, telling the historical events of the Early Spring and Autumn Period; the middle stage of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the rise of Duke Huan of Qi, the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period is continued, and the work revolves around The struggle for hegemony between Qi and Chu unfolds, telling the historical events from Duke Huan's first hegemony of the Central Plains to the battle between Qi and Chu over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River; the late Spring and Autumn Period - introduces the background of Qu Wo Dai Yi and the rise of the Jin State, taking Jin Wengong Chong'er's exile in various countries as the main line, and restoring the beginning and end of the Battle of Chengpu from multiple perspectives such as politics, military, and geography. From the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC to the second annihilation of the military alliance in 546 BC, in nearly a hundred years, the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony became the main theme of the era. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the second war and alliance, the countries of the Spring and Autumn Period had a truce for forty years. While the external conflicts of each country were alleviated, the Jin, Chu, and Qi countries all experienced internal worries to varying degrees. The scholar-bureaucrat class rose up and gradually emptied the power of the princes and kings. This phenomenon had a profound impact on later generations, such as the division of the three families into Jin and the succession of the Tian family to Qi. During the same period, Wu and Yue in the southeast region rose one after another, pushing Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony to its climax. In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue succeeded in his revenge. This established the pattern of the four great powers of Jin, Chu, Qi and Yue in the early Warring States Period.

This book aims to observe the changes in modern China through characters, and at the same time observe characters in the midst of major historical changes. The first chapter, through Zeng Guofan and others, shows the traditional scholar-bureaucrats' pursuit of change and their inner struggles. Chapter 2 shows the changes within the system of scholar-bureaucrats and officials from the Reform Movement to the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Chapter three shows the pursuits and ideas of the first generation of modern intellectuals and revolutionaries. The appendix is ​​about the author's mentor's record. Although it is slightly different from the first three chapters, it still shows the complex "changes" in contemporary times.

This book is titled "Yangming's Psychology and the Cabinet Politics of the Ming Dynasty". It mainly discusses the social background of the popularity of Yangming's Psychology in the mid- to late Ming Dynasty from a historical perspective, as well as the political ideas and activities of the people in the school. Mainly using empirical methods of history to refute some views put forward by predecessors. For example, with regard to the view that Wang Yangming turned to enlightened people to practice Taoism after enlightenment in Longchang, it is believed that Wang Yangming's disciple group was mainly local middle- and lower-class scholars, specifically Juren and Shengyuan. Therefore, Wang Yangming's preaching line should be summarized as "enlightened scholars practicing Taoism." In terms of politics, Wang Yangming did not give up his concern for the situation in the court after his epiphany. On the occasion of the "Great Ceremony Meeting", Wang Yangming expressed his position to his disciples at court and tried to guide the political situation through these disciples. When he lectured and preached, he focused on the cultivation of middle- and lower-class scholars, and it was precisely out of the expectation that these disciples would be able to save the decline of politics after they became officials in the future. What Xinxue targets is, to a large extent, the shortcomings of the scholar-official class as the political subject. Under the political system at that time, the most obvious result of this shortcoming was the cabinet's exclusive power to establish the party and exclude dissidents. The Yangming School has advocated the spirit of decentralization and co-governance among scholar-bureaucrats since Yangming, and later scholars also inherited this concept. Since Jiajing, people in the school either resisted the cabinet and suffered repeated blows, or they joined the cabinet and prospered for a while. After entering Wanli, the conflict between the cabinet and the ministry led to intense party strife. Although some of the school moved slightly closer to the cabinet, they could not be tolerated by the party leaders in the cabinet. The rest were gradually absorbed by the Donglin faction, a new force that opposed the cabinet.

This book tells the story of the controversial and tumultuous final days of the Ming Dynasty. Starting from the fall of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, it describes the ups and downs of the general Yuan Chonghuan, the treacherous minister Wen Tiren's dominance of the government and the public, the peasant uprisings in the mountains and plains, the dilemma of internal and external troubles, the sacrifice of the famous generals Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting for the country, and finally the end of the Ming Dynasty in 1644 when Chongzhen hanged himself. This book focuses on the bloody last seventeen years of the Ming Dynasty from 1628 to 1644, telling the story of the controversial and turbulent last days of the Ming Dynasty. The seventeen-year historical scroll began with the annihilation of the eunuchs and the restoration of chaos, and slowly unfolded with the conflict between ministers, border crises, the collapse of the Central Plains, the loss of the capital, and the change of political power. In the end, the dynasty overthrew, and the prosperous Ming Dynasty came to an end. The ending was written by the suicide of a generation of emperor Meishan. The river goes eastward, and beyond the white clouds of right and wrong, success or failure, the wheel of history is still rolling forward mightily...

"Hormones of History 4" is the author's new historical and cultural book after "Hormones of History" 1, 2 and 3. Prisoners of History writes history, using historical facts as the skeleton, reality as the flesh and blood, humor as the soul, applying modern lifestyles, and telling different stories. The characters he chose are all very well-known. Those dull and serious historical celebrities in the history books turned into vivid faces and flesh and blood bodies with souls in the prisoner's pen. This book focuses on selected story-telling characters from four perspectives: famous kings, famous ministers, celebrities, and celebrities, allowing readers to explore the hearts of historical figures more deeply and multi-dimensionally, and appreciate the grandeur of Chinese history.

This is a historical fact that changed the history of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty through chatting. Through detailed descriptions and in-depth analysis of each chat, this book gives a panoramic view of how Cao Cao changed from a capable minister to a hero, and from a hero to a traitor, as well as how Cao Wei rose and fell. The sentence "A capable minister in times of trouble is a traitor in troubled times" fixed the fate of Cao Cao's life; the sentence "Let the world's intelligence be used to control it" clarified Cao Cao's entrepreneurial route; the sentence "Guard the south of the river and wait for it to change" established the foundation of Cao Cao's life. The foundation of Cao Wei's career; the sentence "Serving the emperor with orders but not serving as ministers" recreated the lonely emperor Han Xiandi; the sentence "today's heroes are only envoys and cao'er" revealed Cao Cao's deep-seated knot; the sentence "it is appropriate to repair the five levels of ancient feudalism" made Cao Cao Cao Cao found a way to break out of his shell; the sentence "Dunhuang offers a large diameter pearl, but it can be returned to the market for profit", exposed Cao Pi's endless greed; the sentence "it is appropriate to call Sima Yi and Xiang Shen" caused Cao Wei to fall into an irreversible disaster... Cao Wei The rise and fall of the company are closely related to these conversations - the entrepreneurial direction is discussed, the talent team is also discussed, military decision-making is discussed, the change of dynasties is even more discussed, and the power is changed through chatting. During the chat, Cao Cao showed his true face, Xun Yu showed his true character, Guo Jia showed his true ability, and Cao Pi showed his true temperament. So, in this complicated history, what did these crucial chats change, and how did they contribute to the change intentionally or unintentionally? The author analyzes it piece by piece, one by one.

"The History of China in Mysterious Cases" is a popular historical reading that interprets historical mysteries. The book is divided into 8 chapters, with the themes of "The Mystery of the Emperor's Life and Death", "The Hidden Secrets of the Imperial Heirs", "The Mysterious Case of the Dynasty Seizing Power", "The Strange Case of the General's End", "The Shocking Case of the Empire", "The Mysterious Case of the Female Celebrity", "The Mystery of the History", "The Bizarre Case that is "Hot Searched by the Nation"", and selects 40 historical cases. Historical Mysteries, from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, from the emperors and generals to the three religions and nine streams, combine the perspectives of history, archeology, medicine and law, etc., And use criminal investigation techniques such as hanging wire tracking and mixed shuffling to boldly speculate and carefully verify, through the fog of thousands of years, and strive to restore the historical truth for readers.

Why did the ancients call raising cats "hiring cats"? What was there in the ancient night markets? Did ancient people also drink afternoon tea? A manual that completely explains the daily life of ancient people. Enter the Song Dynasty, and enter the era when young men wore bright clothes and were angry with their horses, singing and dancing to their heart's content. Those places where our eyes cannot reach, words can.

This book is the third volume of "National Memorial", which records the important historical events that occurred on the frontal battlefield when the Anti-Japanese War entered the strategic counter-offensive stage. It focuses on recording several major battles on the Kuomintang's frontal battlefields during the strategic counteroffensive stage from 1943 to 1945, and describes in detail the Expeditionary Force's Yunnan-Myanmar War of Resistance, the Changde Defense Battle, the Battle of Central Henan, the Battle of Hengyang, the Battle of Guiliu, and the Battle of Zhijiang, etc. It reveals the painful experience of the high-level factions of the Kuomintang army that were at odds with each other, leading to repeated defeats in battles. It also revealed the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese invaders against the Chinese nation. After the Communist Party of China promoted the formation of the anti-Japanese united front, all Chinese sons and daughters fought bravely and bravely fought against the enemy, finally ushering in the dawn of victory.