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Taking history as a mirror, we can think for thousands of years, see thousands of miles away, grasp the inherent laws of the rise and fall of Chinese society, and gain insight into the eternal wisdom of cultivating order and peace. However, it is not an easy task for people to have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Chinese history and to grasp the profound things contained in Chinese history. During the five thousand years, there are many characters and events, myths and legends coexist, official history and unofficial history are intertwined, there are many clues, and the content is complicated. If it is piled up in a mess without sorting out, it will often make readers confused. In addition to the history carried by classics and historical materials, cultural relics, sites, monuments, works of art, etc. Also reflect the authenticity of history. How to organically organize these things together so that readers can clearly understand history and feel the authenticity of history has undoubtedly become the origin of editing and publishing the "Illustrated History of China" series.

Taking history as a mirror, we can think for thousands of years, see thousands of miles away, grasp the inherent laws of the rise and fall of Chinese society, and gain insight into the eternal wisdom of cultivating order and peace. However, it is not an easy task for people to have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Chinese history and to grasp the profound things contained in Chinese history. During the five thousand years, there are many characters and events, myths and legends coexist, official history and unofficial history are intertwined, there are many clues, and the content is complicated. If it is piled up in a mess without sorting out, it will often make readers confused. In addition to the history carried by classics and historical materials, cultural relics, sites, monuments, works of art, etc. Also reflect the authenticity of history. How to organically organize these things together so that readers can clearly understand history and feel the authenticity of history has undoubtedly become the origin of editing and publishing the "Illustrated History of China" series.

As the essence of language, the accumulation of civilization, the epitome of history, and the crystallization of wisdom, Chinese idioms have become an important link in the inheritance of Chinese civilization. Connecting idioms one by one, it is a rich, detailed and lively general history of China. The author is well versed in history. In the vast world of idioms, he has collected nearly a thousand idioms that can represent various historical periods. Each idiom is about 800 words, expounding the essence of history and using idioms to assemble a unique general history of China. They pioneered a new method of writing history, which uses idioms as clues to describe the vast historical scene from the origin of Chinese civilization to the Qing Dynasty, more comprehensively describe the occurrence and development process of ancient Chinese history, and reveal the trends and laws of historical development.

The important academic achievements of Mr. Chen Zhen, a famous expert on Song history. It has made a detailed and precise discussion of the changes and developments in the political, military and other systems of the Song Dynasty, a weak dynasty in Chinese history, as well as social economy, ideology and culture, imperial examination education, literature and art, science and technology, and social life. It has been updated and fully reflects the latest results of contemporary Song history research.

This book is another military masterpiece by Professor Liu Tong, a famous military history expert. It comprehensively describes the process of the Nationalist Government's trial of Japanese war criminals from 1946 to 1949. The book is divided into six parts. The first part begins with the establishment of the United Nations War Crimes Review Commission in London in 1942 and describes the two stages of the investigation of Japanese war crimes and the process of identifying and arresting war criminals; The second part is divided into 10 chapters to introduce in detail the process of trying Japanese war criminals in ten military courts; the third part is the trial process of five important war criminals and the Shanghai collective trial of Japanese generals; the fourth part introduces the trials of four important foreign-related cases; the fifth part discusses the relevant issues of the trial; the sixth part appendix lists the list of important Japanese war criminals and the statistical table of the trial of Japanese war criminals. This book is the result of a major project of the National Social Science Fund.

100 years ago, the question "Where should China go?" Lingered in the minds of every patriot. At that time, the international communist movement was surging. The Communist Party of China was gloriously born from the combination of Marxism-Leninism and the Chinese workers' movement and continued to grow and develop through tenacious struggle. This book traces the history of the Party, the history of New China, and the history of socialist development, from the beginning of the 20th century to the Gutian Conference in 1929. It uses a grand historical perspective and a panoramic narrative method to write about China in the context of the international communist movement. It explains clearly what key decisions the party will make at the critical moment of life and death, and how the red fire can successfully start a prairie fire in the dark night. This book breaks away from the traditional general history writing framework and takes "searching for the road to China's rejuvenation" as the starting point to start a journey of tracing the roots, reviewing the past and learning the new. While pursuing comprehensive historical materials, verifying document versions, and focusing on field investigations and oral interviews, it uses plain language and vivid details to show China's extraordinary path-finding process in the early 20th century point by point. Using a combination of pictures and texts, more than 80 precious historical pictures truly restore historical scenes and reproduce the true temperament and true appearance of historical figures. It is a popular academic monograph and popular party history reading that is both academically rigorous and readable.

The operation of government affairs in the Qing Dynasty can be reflected in the circulation process of documents, and the most important government documents and memorials were the main contents of court meetings. Court meetings and documents are the elements and concrete manifestations of political decision-making. Before dawn, the monarch and his ministers had to enter the process of governing affairs and court meetings. This was summarized by the Qing Dynasty as "distinguishing color and looking at the court." This book attempts to clear up many details of the central government's government affairs procedures and decision-making process in the late Qing Dynasty, including the main contents of the three types of court meetings in the Qing Dynasty and their role in decision-making, the production and circulation process of government affairs documents, the empress dowager, the emperor, and the military aircraft department during the periods of listening to the government behind the curtain, training the government, and returning to power. Their respective authorities, the "court discussions" in the late Qing Dynasty, the reforms of the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department during the New Deal period, and the differences between the two responsible cabinets before and after the Revolution of 1911. Pay special attention to the careful interpretation of important historical materials and the in-depth excavation of details. From the perspective of institutional history, the characteristics of high-level political decision-making in the late Qing Dynasty are explored.

"Chinese Memory of Tiananmen", "Century of Tiananmen" (English version), "Monument to the People's Heroes", "Six Hundred Years of Tiananmen". Among them, "A Hundred Years of Tiananmen" won the title of "Classic China International Publishing Project" in 2014, and has been exported to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries as a national export-oriented publication. Tiananmen is the heart of the People's Republic of China. It has witnessed the founding of New China, the passionate years and unforgettable moments in the past, and the glorious chapter written by the hard work of the Chinese nation. This book takes Tiananmen as the main line and presents the major events witnessed by Tiananmen and related to the People's Republic of China in objective and delicate words. In chronological order, this book presents the important historical events that occurred in Tiananmen Square one by one, including the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the reconstruction of Tiananmen Square, the National Day military parade, etc., Supplemented by precious pictures, it fully restores history and has high social value.

This set of 21 volumes covers popular romances in 11 historical stages: the Early Han Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Two Jin Dynasties, Northern and Southern History, the Five Dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and the Republic of China. Starting from the first emperor of Qin to the Republic of China, totaling 2166 years, the emperor has written more than six million words. The system is complete, the content is rich, and the priorities are clear. According to the official history, all words have their own origins, and miscellaneous histories are not false accusations. The language is elegant and clean, self-note and self-evaluation, and both rational and interesting. Because he is known as "a historian of a generation, a magic pen for thousands of years", Xun is a model of popular history and a must-read for beginners of history. This book is the Republic of China part.

"Canal·China: Historical and Cultural Investigation of the Sui and Tang Grand Canals" is the result of a three-year field investigation of the Sui and Tang Grand Canals covering more than 30 places, cities, and counties by a team of cultural scholars, folklore experts, and journalists spanning five provinces and two municipalities. The book focuses on Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal in the Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties, records the origin and evolution of the two canals, and examines the ancient style and coastal scenery of Tongji Canal. It also uses a large space to introduce about twenty famous cities along the two canals that bear historical warmth and depth, and presents the scenery, customs, and historical pictures along the Grand Canal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties one by one. The book not only awakens history, but also allows today's people to re-understand the overall cultural value, natural ecological value, historical value, scientific value, artistic value and emotional value along the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal. It is extremely original and pioneering.

"Three Kingdoms" is a popular historical work that tells the history of the Three Kingdoms. This book covers nearly 100 years of historical stories from 184 AD to 280 AD, and is divided into four volumes - "The Heroes Chasing for Deer", "Three Parts of the World", "The Three Kingdoms" and "The Three Families Return to Jin". It is based on historical materials, with characters and events as the main line, and time as the order. It uses light and lively language that is suitable for modern people to read and like, and uses the writing style of novels and humorous language to write a wonderful and informative story of the Three Kingdoms. This book gives a panoramic description of the emperors, generals, ministers and other various characters during the Three Kingdoms period, including heroic figures who were able to turn the tide, as well as cunning and despicable villains. It also fully details war strategies, political struggles, and character psychology. By analyzing, combing and summarizing the history of the Three Kingdoms, the author uses human nature to gain insight into history, deeply explore the true emotions of historical figures, and unravel the mysteries behind historical events. It also reflects the direct or indirect impact of individual complex human nature on historical development, allowing us to understand and understand those historical figures and historical events more deeply. "Three Kingdoms: Heroes Chasing the Deer" begins with the Yellow Turban Uprising that broke out during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and ends with Cao Cao's victory in the Battle of Guandu and his unification of the north. Although this period belongs to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty regime existed in name only, and the prelude to the history of the Three Kingdoms had begun. The princes from various places were separatist, and the heroes came together to compete in the Central Plains. At the same time, a large number of heroes in the history of the Three Kingdoms successively stepped onto the stage of history. They plunged into the torrent of the times and competed fiercely, with swords and swords shining, and blood dripping with blood.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty, with well-dressed gentry, was finally in trouble. "The Complete History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms" is a set of eight volumes. It is a popular history work about the late Tang and Five Dynasties. It is based on historical materials and uses rigorous logical analysis and vivid and humorous writing to describe this important historical period with constant disputes and turmoil. It focuses on describing the various major historical events that occurred during the more than 100 years from the Huangchao Uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty's destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty (875-979), including the Huangchao Uprising, the Liang-Jin struggle for supremacy, the replacement of the Five Dynasties, the rise of the Ten Kingdoms, the unification of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, etc., With a detailed analysis of the beginning and end of the events, and a panoramic depiction of the great chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms during the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are eight volumes in the set, and this book is the second volume, "Thousands of Horses Chasing the Deer".

This is a set of ancient Chinese history written for children. The book is divided into three volumes: the Age of Myths, the Age of Legends, and Stories of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is specially created for children. It tells the splendid origins of Chinese history and culture in ancient times in a way that is suitable for children. It systematically builds a systematic memory about the Chinese nation, explores the ancient fantasy charm from gods to humans, and allows children to better understand and master the excellent traditional Chinese culture. This set of books interprets Chinese wisdom through storytelling to avoid boredom. It is accompanied by original and ingenious illustrations, blending ancient charm and cute painting style to create images of mythical characters and animals, stimulating children's interest in learning, deepening cultural memory, and making children fall in love with history. This set of books tells children stories from ancient China, such as Pangu created the sky, Nuwa created man, Kuafu chased the sun, Fuxi made fire, Nuwa mended the sky, Jingwei filled the sea, Huashan saved his mother, Cangjie created characters, Houyi shot the sun, Chang'e Myths, legends and historical stories include Flying to the Moon, Dayu's control of floods, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, oracle bone inscriptions, The world is our home, Shang Tang destroyed Xia, Pan Geng moved to Yin, King Zhou of Daji, Foolish Old Man moved mountains, Jiang Taigong fished for those who wished to take the bait, King You of Zhou played beacon fire games on the princes and other myths, legends and historical stories.

This book is a chronological history of the supervisory system in the Qing Dynasty. The author uses the "Qin Ding Taiwan Regulations", "Qing Facts", Qing Dynasty notes and unofficial histories as the main materials, takes the times as clues, and uses the establishment of supervisory agencies, the guiding ideology of the supervisory system, the personnel system of supervisory officials and some important cases involving supervisory officials as the framework, interspersed with the important changes in the supervisory system in the Qing Dynasty, and comprehensively sort out the form and evolution of the supervisory system in the past three hundred years in the Qing Dynasty. In order to provide historical experience and lessons for my country's current supervision system reform.

Ms. Michelle To is a social activist and educator who is familiar and respected by Hong Kong people. She has been passionate about social services and education throughout her life, and has spared no efforts in promoting the improvement of people's livelihood. She has established a good image in the minds of Hong Kong citizens and is deeply loved and respected. This book was written by Ms. Du Yexien during her lifetime. It analyzes the social overview of Hong Kong she experienced from the 1950s and 1960s to before the handover, expresses her views on social injustice under the colonial system, and helps readers understand and understand the development process of Hong Kong in the past half century. Readers can also see her broader and deeper concerns about today's American democracy.

A complete collection of Sai Lei's full-color comics on the history of China! Five books to understand 5,000 years of Chinese history! Super three-dimensional, super vivid, super-expanding knowledge! "Super Cute Sai Lei" watched by 10,000,000 people lasted for two years. The carefully drawn Chinese history comic series is hilarious! From the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods to the Qin and Han Dynasties, from the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties to the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, super cute cartoons are used to tell historical stories, and funny jokes are used to break up fatigue and boredom. This is a comic set that can make you fall in love with history. This is a comic book that allows you to understand the context of Chinese history while laughing. This is a "super cute Sai Lei" that you will definitely recommend to your friends after reading it.

This book is a lecture note given by the famous historian Deng Guangming when he taught at Peking University in the early 1950s. The Liao, Song, Xia and Jin Dynasties were a period of transformation in Chinese history. The center of China's economy shifted and a series of changes were brought about. The internal conflicts within the ruling class and ethnic conflicts were unprecedentedly prominent and complex. The author has a high-level position, a high-level position, a complicated publication, and a macro perspective, which allows readers to have a grasp of the history of this period. It is indeed not something that can only be done by those with profound skills. It can be regarded as an important introductory work in this academic field.

This book is Mr. Tang Changru's notes when he lectured at the Central Party School, and is appended with "Summary of Historical Records of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties". It is a must-have book for studying the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

History is inevitable due to countless accidents, and wars are often at turning points where history changes. This book selects 24 of the most representative and far-reaching wars in Chinese history and describes them in depth and detail, including the Battle of Zhuolu, the Battle of Chengpu, the Battle of Gaixia, the Battle of Feishui, the Tang Dynasty's War to Destroy the East Turks, the Battle of Poyang Lake, and the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War. ...Every war is an important historical node for the Chinese nation. Here, you can not only see the innovations in tactics and equipment pioneered by each war, but also the trend of the cultural spirit behind these wars that will have a profound impact on future generations. To this day, these historical wars still have important reference value for us.

The naked humanity revealed behind power games and financial rules, systems and checks and balances, top-level designs and bad rules are real and cruel. The root cause of corruption in China's past dynasties is absolute power control. It is impossible to solve the corruption problem without solving the foundation of the power structure. The history of imperial rule and the history of official corruption have always been inseparable. The author focuses on the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, makes horizontal and vertical comparisons, explores the imperial rule and official ecology of ancient Chinese society, and clearly presents a multi-angle context of Chinese history to readers.

"A Brief History of the Western Zhou Dynasty" begins with the birth of Hou Ji, the legendary ancestor of the Zhou people, and ends with King Ping of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty moving his capital to Luoyi. In chronological order, with the Zhou kings as the main line, it comprehensively integrates handed down historical documents and modern paleontology and archaeological results. It uses a rigorous academic attitude, a writing form of narrative, discussion, and textual research, and a relaxed and easy language to introduce the Western Zhou Dynasty. The historical events and character stories of the nearly 300 years of the Zhou Dynasty (including the previous Zhou Dynasty) are organically and skillfully interspersed with the Western Zhou ritual and music system, land system, living customs, language and literature, and relevant important archaeological discoveries in modern times. It comprehensively and multi-anglely restores the ancient history that established the direction of Chinese culture but was rough and hazy due to the lack of documents.

In 221 BC, King Qin unified the world and established the Qin Dynasty; in 207 BC, Prince Qin Ying surrendered to Liu Bang, and the Qin Dynasty perished. The powerful Qin Empire only existed for a short period of 14 years, but it took nearly 700 years for the Qin State to develop into the Qin Dynasty. The whole book is divided into six parts: "Rise, Confrontation, Soar, Expansion, Unification, and Collapse". It explores the nuances of history, tells us the historical origins between the vassal state Qin and the unified Qin Dynasty, and shows the wonderful history of military hegemony, political diplomacy, and economic reforms surrounding the Qin Dynasty.

The book carefully combs the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than three hundred years from the aspects of politics, economy, military, culture, etc., And makes a profound analysis of the key events in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the key figures and important systems that affected the historical development process, etc., Including the rectification of distorted historical figures and the objective discussion of events that have been over-exaggerated and whitewashed. This will be a historical feast exclusively for lovers of Ming Dynasty history, showing how the Ming Dynasty prospered in its heyday, then declined through slackness, then experienced a brief resurgence, and finally its collapse.

This book was co-written by foreign journalist Pu Lande and Chinese linguist Backhouse. It is a historical biography book that records the major historical events in the late Qing Dynasty and the most controversial in history, Cixi, the actual first ruler in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also one of the few books written by foreigners to record Cixi. This book reflects foreigners' attitudes and views on the historical events of the Qing Dynasty and Cixi's rulers. The author Backhouse used the palace archives and collaborated with Purland to complete this book. The two authors were both contemporaries of Cixi, and the facts they rely on are all from palace archives and the private diaries of the Queen Mother's housekeeper. They tell the ins and outs of major historical events in the Qing Dynasty, comprehensively describing Cixi's boyhood, fleeing north with Emperor Xianfeng, dealing with the eight ministers Gu Ming, turning against Prince Gong, the 1898 Coup, the Xinchou Incident, and many other major historical events. They tell the story of Cixi's legendary life and reveal the unknown side of Cixi to the world.

This book combines pictures and texts to tell the main historical context of China from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty in a vivid and interesting way, allowing readers to gain insight into the most important historical events, understand the most classic historical figures, and appreciate the positive historical culture in a more vivid, vivid, and intuitive way. Open this book, and within half an hour, a brief history of China will be narrated.

The finale of Sai Lei's full-color comic book History of China! One book to understand the history of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties! Super three-dimensional, super vivid, super-expanding knowledge! "Super Cute Sai Lei", which is watched by 10,000,000 people, lasted for two years. The fifth comic book in the Chinese history series of carefully drawn comics is coming! The fifth volume of "Chinese History of Sai Lei's Three-Minute Comics" mainly tells the history of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Its most outstanding feature is that it uses the humorous style of Sai Lei's comics to tell Chinese history according to time clues, allowing readers to understand the development of Chinese history while laughing. This is a comic book about Chinese history that you will want to recommend to people around you after reading it.

The once powerful and prosperous Daliao Kingdom has left us with countless mysteries: two country names, two languages, five capitals, and four bowls... It gives people endless desire to explore. The author of this book uses real materials obtained from his own on-site investigation of historical sites and extensive collection of domestic and foreign archaeological and scientific research results. He quotes from many sources, uses keen journalistic vision and lively journalistic writing style to solve for readers one by one the mysteries about Daliao's country name, characters, capital, Nabo, ancient tombs, ancient pagodas and the Liao-Song war. In the process of solving the puzzles, the author sorts out the history. The content is rich and the illustrations are numerous and fascinating.

Open this book and you will see how the women around these emperors vividly interpreted the contradictory words of beautiful appearance, endless affection, charming, charming, talented, charming, intelligent, outstanding, good at dancing, intrigues, intrigues, scheming, unscrupulous, and unscrupulous! It makes people sigh: It is said that women are born for love and live for love, but they live such a hard, abnormal, miserable, twisted and struggling life! Watching generations of women throwing themselves into the inevitable disaster like passing batons, all people today should feel happy, especially women, who should have a deep understanding of luck, because they no longer have to enter Yuan Zhen's "The Palace": the ancient palace is lonely, and the palace flowers are lonely and red. The white-headed palace maid is here, sitting around talking about Xuanzong. If there is an afterlife, I hope they can both find the same person and stay together forever!

"Research on the Restoration of Yuan Dadu Planning" is the first monograph in the field of Yuan history and Yuan Dadu research to systematically demonstrate the "quasi-five-layered city" planning regulated by the Yuan Dadu imperial capital. This book analyzes and questions the traditional mainstream views of Yuan Dadu planning, and points out for the first time that the mainstream views of Yuan Dadu planning are basically speculative views without empirical research, that is, without academic support. This book uses the "six-fold evidence method" to conduct empirical research on the spatial planning and main buildings of the Yuan Dadu palace city, imperial city, large city and central axis, and provides insights into the Yuan Dadu planning. A series of new perspectives were put forward, such as the length of the mile and the length of the ruler, the spatial location of the palace city and the Ouchi Imperial Garden, the double wall regulation, the planning of the imperial capital, the central axis sequence, the planning and modulus of the city walls and residential houses, etc., And obtained authoritative research on Yuan history, architectural history, urban history, map history, Beijing history, Yuan Dynasty and other disciplines, as well as archeology and ancient architecture Highly affirmed by experts: They believe that the series of new viewpoints proposed and demonstrated in this book are revisions and supplements to traditional mainstream views, and are indeed unique beyond academic predecessors; it is a masterpiece of innovative perspectives, theoretical innovations, and innovative research methods in the field of Yuan Dadu planning research; it is a masterpiece for the study of Yuan history and Yuan Dadu, and the history of ancient Chinese capital systems and It is a rare research result that has made an academic contribution to the study of the history of Beijing's urban changes. It is believed that the "six-fold evidence method" used in this book is original in research methodology and provides a methodological reference for the study of other ancient capitals and ancient city planning. It is believed that the academic spirit of "seeking truth and distinguishing errors" reflected in the argumentation process of this book is very rare in today's academic circles.

From the 17th to the 20th century, Chinese and Western cultures experienced an alternating process of contact, integration, conflict, repetition, and reconstruction. This book starts with the cultural exchange activities of Western missionaries in China since the 17th century. Through the excavation of historical materials from missionary letters, Forbidden City archives and modern academic journals, this book shows the exchange practices between China and the West in painting, gardens, etc., And records the cultural exchange events between China and the West in the past 300 years from the participation of Western missionaries in the interesting construction of the Old Summer Palace to the settlement of the Ming Xuan in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. This book is divided into fifteen chapters. It is a combination of narrative and discussion prose, supplemented by numerous real-life photos and pictures of cultural relics in the collection. It mainly tells the history of the Forbidden City in Beijing, its architectural layout, the functions of the main palaces, the manifestation of imperial power in the various buildings of the Forbidden City and the palace system, and its overall value. It specifically involves the emperor's governance, ministers assisting and participating in politics, the education of the prince, the diet and daily life of various people in the palace, the guards of the Forbidden City, and the treasures hidden in the palace. It is a systematic description of the culture of the Forbidden City. It is also a relatively detailed review of the historical value of the Forbidden City's architecture and palace management system.

This book fully draws on the fruitful results achieved by the research on the history of the Bohai State in the 40 years since the reform and opening up. It uses a combination of biographical, chronological and chronicle styles to systematically record the historical process of the rise, prosperity and decline of the Bohai State in the Tang Dynasty. It comprehensively reviews the development and progress of the political system, economy and trade, geographical transportation, foreign exchanges, culture and education, ethnic customs, social life and many other aspects. It objectively evaluates important historical figures, examines and demonstrates several controversial issues, and fully explains the author's opinions. The characteristics of this book are rich historical materials, clear viewpoints, easy-to-understand explanations, and full of novel ideas.

Chinese historiography is the most developed and can be regarded as a reliable history. Even so, there are still a lot of doubts, including many historical examples that are familiar to the world. This is the case with the "six cases" written in this book - the burning of books and the entrapment of Confucian scholars, the end of Emperor Jianwen, Zheng He's voyages to the West, Wang Anshi's reform, the Salt and Iron Conference of the Western Han Dynasty, the mystery of Laozi and his books, Zhao Kuangyin and his research on the Southern Tang Dynasty. The events and characters they involve are famous in history and can be said to be household names. However, the details of the knowledge are actually full of uncertain and even unknown factors. Many casual readers know nothing about this. This book examines the literature extensively and makes a microscope-like analysis and cracking of the "Six Cases". It is both informative, suspenseful and academic.

This book was published by Taiwan Pingyuan Publishing House in 1965. Because it involved the "Southern Song Dynasty Pianan" insinuating the Taiwanese regime, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and personally ordered its closure. All printed products were banned and destroyed. It is particularly worth mentioning that the publisher of this book, Guo Yidong, later the famous historian Bo Yang, was "disciplined and disciplined" for 10 years in Xindian Military Prison, Ludao, for the case of "Talk about the Southern Song Dynasty". This manuscript is the only copy discovered by the author's descendants. It was found in the confidential archives of the Kuomintang's "Central Work Diary". The re-publication of this book will present to readers a real case of Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorial rule in the cultural world.

As the first faction to split from the Central Committee after the reorganization of the Chinese Kuomintang, the existence of the "Xishan Conference Faction" influenced almost every major political event in the development of the Chinese Kuomintang in the mid-to-late 1920s. This book systematically reveals the many twists and turns in front and behind the scenes of the competition, dealings, and merging between the Xishan Conference Faction and the Wang Jingwei clique and Chiang Kai-shek clique. It explains how the representatives of the Xishan Conference Faction gradually transformed from the former "revolutionary party elites" into politicians who only played the role of accomplices, accomplices, and accomplices.

This book covers the period from primitive society to the Opium War, focusing on the origins of China's political and military successes and failures in the past dynasties, the economic development of society, and the living conditions, cultural and artistic life of the working people. The writing style of this book is mixed with narratives and discussions, and the text is concise and vivid, explaining the profound things in simple terms. It has been revised and reprinted several times, and has been printed in millions of copies. This book creates a new writing paradigm for my country's general history. It is a lofty and important work on China's general history and is well worth reading.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War, major central newspapers and periodicals published a series of documentary articles with the theme of "Remembering the History, Remembering the Martyrs, Cherishing Peace, and Creating the Future", which fully demonstrated the mainstay role of the Communist Party of China and the role of the main eastern battlefield in China's Anti-Japanese War, as well as the heroic resistance and great resistance spirit of the Chinese people. At the same time, hot and difficult issues in the history of the War of Resistance were analyzed and interpreted. Selected articles in this book are collected and published for the study and use of the broad masses of cadres and the masses.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War, major central newspapers and periodicals published a series of theoretical commentary articles with the theme of "Remembering the History, Honoring the Martyrs, Cherishing Peace, and Creating the Future", which fully explained the mainstay role of the Communist Party of China and the role of the main eastern battlefield in China's Anti-Japanese War, as well as the heroic resistance and great resistance spirit of the Chinese people. At the same time, hot and difficult issues in the history of the War of Resistance were analyzed and interpreted. Selected articles in this book are collected and published for the study and use of the broad masses of cadres and the masses.

"The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" tells the ups and downs of Zeng Guofan's life, revealing many unknown details: the five major setbacks he encountered in his life; his entanglement and friendship with Zuo Zongtang; his lifetime income and expenditure; how to treat Feng Shui, fortune telling, destiny, etc. The author shows us a diligent, pragmatic and self-disciplined "Wen Zhenggong" Zeng Guofan, a contradictory and struggling career official embedded in the core of the system. Through Zeng Guofan, readers can get a glimpse of the subtle and complex "hidden rules" of traditional Chinese officialdom and the unique survival philosophy of the system with Chinese characteristics.

This book is an academic monograph that studies family history and related social issues in the Tang Dynasty. The author collects various historical materials such as handed down documents, epitaph stone carvings, and unearthed documents, and conducts in-depth discussions on important issues such as family structure, marital status, family property analysis, livelihood and home furnishings in the Tang Dynasty with an empirical attitude. He also analyzes the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children, and various aspects of women's life It conducted a rigorous and detailed investigation in many aspects, made a high-level summary of social phenomena such as secular beliefs, family ethics, etiquette, marriage, and marriage, and extended the discussion on many aspects closely related to the family living environment, such as the legal system and rural social grassroots management. At the same time, the author pays attention to the construction of theory, starting from the three dimensions of social history, legal history, and economic history, and proposes a series of important concepts such as "dual system compound family form" and "the two-way movement of medieval ritual and legal culture downwards", which has laid a solid foundation for further in-depth related research.

The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history. In recent years, research on Qing history has attracted much attention. The authors of this book are famous historians of the Qing Dynasty. With their professional perspective, rigorous academic attitude, and fluent writing, they comprehensively reproduce the history of the Qing Dynasty for more than 300 years from the time when Nurhachi raised his army in the 11th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty to the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911 and the abdication of the Qing emperor in 1911.

"Historical Records" has two chronicles about Qin, namely "The Chronicles of Qin" and "The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang", which fully illustrates the importance Sima Qian attached to Qin. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and wanted to avoid the death of Qin II. Therefore, how Qin unified the world from a humble country and then collapsed in an instant has become one of the most concerned historical issues among scholars in the two thousand years since Jia Yi. From moving west to Longyou to unifying the world, it took about seven hundred years. "Historical Records of Qin" records how the Qin people grew from small to large, from weak to strong, and completely experienced the development from vassals to vassal states, then to kingdoms, and finally to empires. It reproduces the process of the "trilogy" and has classic significance in the history of ancient Chinese civilization. This book takes "Historical Records of the Qin Dynasty" as the main line, and uses relevant archaeological data as the "fourth annotation", in order to achieve the effect of the "double evidence method" in which archeology and documents mutually confirm and inspire each other. The author focuses on the question: Qin was able to finally unify the world and establish an empire from a humble small country. In addition to historical trends, there were also factors such as institutional culture, ideological concepts, etc. How did these factors sprout in the time and space of its early development? How is it reflected in material culture? How can the early development of Qin be reasonably restored and stated from an archaeological perspective? In addition, mysteries that have long been litigated in the early history of the Qin people: such as the origin of the Qin people and the origin of Qin culture, the years when King Ping moved eastward and the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the Zhou Yumin of Qin, the owner of Qin Gong's tomb in Dabaozi Mountain, and the burial place of Duke Mu, etc. Are also the focus of this book.

This book is an exchange volume on "Hu-Han China and Foreign Civilizations". It focuses on the topic of "Memory of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Silk Road Civilization", takes new archaeological discoveries as a guide, incorporates nutrients from Chinese and Western literature, adopts "cosmopolitan" thinking and observation from a broad perspective, starts from a small perspective, picks historical highlights, and launches a series of unique research results. The author combines the practice of "reading thousands of books, walking thousands of miles, and seeing thousands of objects" as well as participating in the planning of many high-quality cultural relics exhibitions. Through "words and cultural relics", "corridors and routes", and "intersections and centers", the author reflects on the unique heights that Chinese civilization has reached after diversity and collision, and understands the implicit or explicit civilizational connections between the ancient Eurasian countries and ancient China. It not only provides intellectual enlightenment for the radiation of the crossroads civilization circle, but also proves once again that cultural exchanges are the inevitable journey of mankind on the road to civilization.

Following "The God is Silent to the Dry Chess" and "The Autumn Wind Sword Lonely Tears", this is the third volume of late Qing historical essays written by Jiang Ming, including thirteen articles. There is a long and colorful textual research, which reveals the diplomatic failure of the Qing court after the "Ma Jiali Incident", the potential impact of "Jiashen Yishu" on the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1899, and the ups and downs of the "Qingliu" represented by Zhang Peilun in the political arena at that time. These events just foreshadowed the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. There are also essays with novel and interesting angles, from Hu Xueyan's bankruptcy to Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping in London; from Li Hongzhang's final residence to Zhang Peilun's love and marriage life; from the poetry and influence of Prince Chun's inspection of the Beiyang Navy to a spoonful of beef soup for health - touching on all aspects of politics, economy and life in the late Qing Dynasty. Jiang Ming is good at presenting the delicate and macroscopic sense of depth behind historical events from point to point. He combines rigorous historical research with interesting on-site visits, coupled with brisk and moving writing, to give a novel interpretation of important historical events and figures in the late Qing Dynasty. In the blend of history and reality, the true picture of that turbulent era is reproduced.

This book systematically describes the power struggle between the Manchus and the Han, the clan and the emperor, the imperial power and the cabinet, and the civil servants and military generals surrounding the "Military Aircraft Department". From the Luobuzangdanjin rebellion in the Yongzheng period to the third year of Xuantong, when the Qing government implemented the cabinet system, what role did the Military Aircraft Department play in these more than 180 years? It had a very profound impact on all aspects of politics, economy, and military affairs in the Qing Dynasty. A military information transmission and processing agency can gradually transform into an all-encompassing political decision-making agency, even openly usurping the power of the cabinet and replacing it. The Military Aircraft Office can be called a very strange phenomenon in the thousands of years of ancient Chinese political history.

The book consists of two parts. The first part introduces the historical trends of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty, and gives a succinct introduction to the important historical events of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty for more than a hundred years. The second part is a special topic on the history of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty, which introduces the economy and science and technology, foreign wars and diplomatic relations, official and military systems, culture and art, social life, religious customs, etc. Of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty. It not only corrects people's long-term improper understanding of the historical status of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty, but also provides a positive description of all aspects of the Great Mongol Period and the Yuan Dynasty society, which can give readers a relatively complete impression. At the same time, the "chronology of major events", "related links", etc. Make the explanation of historical common sense and background knowledge clear and rich.

The content of this book is a collection of several articles published by Mr. He Gaoji and Lu Junling using Chinese and foreign literature to conduct research on the history of the Yuan Dynasty and the history of Sino-foreign relations.

Is Cao Cao actually the "doomsday savior" of Taoism? Zhuge Liang actually has the same idol as Lu Bu? Song Taizu's "conscience" actually deceived the Northern Song Dynasty! Mongolians who are not afraid of blizzards? Doesn't exist! Since the Qin Dynasty, the first unified dynasty, China has begun the era of "two thousand years of empire". But can such fixed thinking about dynasty changes and imperial autocracy summarize the vast two thousand years of history? In the vast territory of the Chinese Empire, there are the horses and sword rings of the Great Wall; there are the farming people of the Central Plains who "plant the fields with green rice in their hands"; there are Qiuci and Gaochang where Hu merchants are everywhere on the Western Silk Road; Nanshui Township... Above the court, there are turbulent undercurrents: Confucian scholars and alchemists, warlords and aristocratic families, nobles and bureaucrats... Complex forces are fighting openly and covertly outside the empire, and powerful enemies are around: vassal towns, rebels, enemy countries are eyeing... What kind of ruler can manage such a complex empire? What kind of political wisdom can maintain this delicate world? This is the history of the Chinese Empire - and it's more fantastical and exciting than fiction. Let us examine the rise and fall of empires from a new perspective and appreciate the art of imperial rule. From the four levels of "people's hearts", "hegemony", "strategy" and "rise and fall", through two themes and combining two eras, this book uses detailed historical materials and professional research to analyze the historical context of the two thousand years of "imperial era" in ancient China, explore the art of imperial rule, write a brief history of the Chinese empire with a new idea, and explore the wisdom of history and the brilliance of human nature in China over thousands of years from the rise and fall of empires.

This book focuses on the portraits of intellectuals during the changing dynasties, mainly in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and the late Qing and early Republic of China, including Chen Hongshou, Fu Shan, Yu Lichu, Huang Zongxi, Li Zhi, Lu Liuliang, Yan Fu, Lu Bicheng, Xu Shichang and others. The author focuses on the personal experiences and personal choices of these characters during the turbulent times of revolution, in order to explore their inner worlds.

This set is a series of brief readings of Chinese history by the well-known historian Zhang Hongjie. "A Brief Reading of Chinese History: China in the Coordinates of World History": Chinese civilization has never developed in isolation. From the moment it emerged, it has been influenced by factors from other civilizations in the world. However, these external factors did not change the essence of Chinese civilization, but instead highlighted the uniqueness of Chinese civilization. This book puts Chinese history into the context of world history and clarifies the development of Chinese history, hoping that readers can establish an overall concept of Chinese history in a short time. At the same time, it uses a "long-term, long-distance, wide-view" interpretation method to comprehensively present the internal logic and rules of the game behind the cycle of chaos in Chinese history. "A Brief Reading of Chinese History. The Power and Finance Behind the Corruption in Chinese History": power games and financial rules, systems and checks and balances, top-level designs and the naked humanity behind bad rules are real and cruel. The root cause of corruption in China's past dynasties is absolute power control. It is impossible to solve the corruption problem without solving the foundation of the power structure. The history of imperial rule and the history of official corruption have always been inseparable. The author focuses on the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, makes horizontal and vertical comparisons, explores the imperial rule and official ecology of ancient Chinese society, and clearly presents a multi-angle context of Chinese history to readers.