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The book "History of China in Recent Centenary" has a total of twenty-one chapters. Chapters 1 to 6 describe the Opium War and its aftermath, the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the diplomatic situation of the Xianfeng Dynasty. Chapters 7 to 10 describe the internal affairs and diplomacy of the Tongzhi Dynasty and the early years of Guangxu. Chapters 11 to 16 describe the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1898, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Boxer Rebellion, and the internal affairs and diplomacy of the late Qing Dynasty. Chapters 17 to 21 describe the Revolution of 1911, Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor, domestic affairs and diplomacy since the Republic of China, etc.

Mr. Lu mainly used modern sociological theory to elaborate on Confucius's thought of Datong, and analyzed the social changes in China and the practical process of Datong theory. He believed that the ideal model of social organization created by Confucius was the driving force that guided people of all generations to strive for social improvement. The process of social change is the process of striving for Datong, rather than a simple retrospective action. It was originally called "History of Social Changes in China" and was later renamed "Interpretation of Datong". Later, considering that "more people are closer to vernacular than to classical Chinese" and in order to "disseminate it more widely and achieve greater results", the classical Chinese manuscript was changed to vernacular, and it was called "History of Social Changes in China".

This series of books selects classic works on academic culture by masters and famous figures at this time, with the aim of systematically organizing Chinese academic culture since the 20th century. Although the titles included in the series have been published long ago, they are scattered and not large-scale. The purpose of this collection is to use the publisher's modest efforts to promote the great development and prosperity of Chinese culture, to create a national cultural treasure, and to preserve for future generations a long-lasting masterpiece.

Starting from Qin Shihuang's unification of the six kingdoms and ending with Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, there are a hundred chapters, which truly reproduce the rise and fall of the unified Qin Empire, the changes between Chu and Han, and the magnificent history of the Han Empire at its peak.

The Tang Dynasty is an important era in the development of the Chinese nation. Not long after the founding of the country, his prestige spread far and wide, the society was prosperous and prosperous, and the emperor was revered as the Khan of Heaven. This book outlines the process of the Tang Empire from prosperity to decline in nearly three centuries, focusing on three historical lessons: the first is the disaster of women, that is, promiscuity in the palace; the second is the disaster of eunuchs, that is, the eunuchs are good at governing and hijacking the emperor; the third is the disaster of vassals, that is, warlords fight in a melee, separate one side, and finally usurp the central power. The book has a relatively detailed description of major events such as the Li family's father and son's defeat of the heroes, the Xuanwumen Incident, Wu Zetian's proclaiming emperor, and the Anshi Rebellion.

This book tells the history of 18 emperors in the 320 years of the Song Dynasty, from the founding of the country to its demise. It records the historical lessons of the Northern Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and restraint of martial arts, and the lack of good generals externally, and the incompetent appointment of talents and lack of good prime ministers internally in the Southern Song Dynasty. It also describes in detail major historical events such as the Chenqiao Mutiny, the Chanyuan Alliance, Wang Anshi's Reform, the Jingkang Revolution, and Yue Fei's Northern Expedition.

This book tells the history of the Qing Dynasty from the founding of Manchuria to the Revolution of 1911 for nearly three hundred years. The author summarizes the lessons and laws of history from the chaos, rise and fall, praises virtuous ministers, famous generals, and national heroes, and lashes out at the arrogance and mediocrity of rulers. While telling history, the author also expressed his deep worries and deep expectations for the future of the nation and country, and expressed his own progressive thoughts.

It started from Wang Mang's new dynasty and ended with the demise of Shu Han and Cao Wei, and the founding of the Jin Dynasty, which lasted for two and a half centuries. Pay special attention to the rise and fall of dynasties. Wang Mang's hypocrisy is deeply exposed. Guangwu Zhongxing, the Eastern Han Dynasty's civil and martial arts once achieved brilliant achievements. However, due to the family system of the feudal dynasty, the succeeding emperors were fatuous and promiscuous, their relatives interfered in politics, the eunuchs were rampant, and the warlords were rampant, which eventually led to the fall of the empire and the people suffered from wars.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Republic of China, the book has more than a thousand chapters and more than 5 million words, covering nearly 2,200 years of history. It mainly focuses on historical history and side by side with unofficial history. It draws materials carefully, has plain views, rich content, well-narrated narratives, elegant language, self-evaluation and self-annotation, and has both reason and interest. It is regarded as a classic of popular history.

"A Compendium of General History of China" 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.

Lu Simian was a historian of the middle and modern times. He made contributions to the construction of the general history of the Middle Ages and also pioneered the writing of modern history. This book starts from the social conquests in the early Qing Dynasty and continues to the end of the Anti-Japanese War. It covers all the events, characters, institutions and regulations in modern history in detail. It is a classic for readers to understand the history of middle and modern times. I often regard Mr. Lu Simian Chengzhi, Mr. Chen Yuan Yuan, Mr. Chen Yinke and Mr. Qian Mubin as the four predecessors of history who have broad theoretical fields, rich narratives, and can write deeply.

"History of China", also known as "History of the Country in Vernacular", is the famous work of the master historian Mr. Lu Simian. It is also the general history of China written in vernacular. It ushered in a new era of general history writing and confronted Qian Mu's "Outline of National History". This book was completed by Mr. Lu Simian on the basis of teaching lectures and historical research over the years. It describes in detail the history of China from ancient times to the first half of the twentieth century. It is a general history of China in the sense of the word. The whole book is divided into five different periods according to the changes in Chinese history and society: ancient history, medieval history, modern history, modern history, and modern history. It is comprehensively sorted out according to politics, geography, society, culture, etc. It is large in scale, broad in vision, rich in historical materials, and fluent in writing.

"Lecture Notes on Qing History" is a lecture notes given by Mr. Meng Sen when he was teaching at Peking University in his early years. Although it is not complete, it provides a comprehensive review of the politics, economy, and culture of the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years. This book is mainly divided into five chapters: "The Founding of the Country", "Consolidating the National Foundation", "Full Prosperity", "Jia Dao Shou Wen" and "Xian Tong's Turning the Danger to Peace". It provides a comprehensive and brief description of the politics, economy and culture of the first two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty. It is a must-read for those who study Qing history.

"Lecture Notes on the History of the Ming Dynasty" is one of the representative works of Mr. Meng Sen, a pioneer in the study of Ming and Qing history. This handout is compiled based on his lecture notes when he taught at Peking University in the early 1930s. The book is divided into two parts: the first part is a general introduction, which mainly introduces the status of Ming history in historiography and the style of Ming history; the second part is divided into "founding of the country", "Jingnan", "seizing the gate", "discussing rites", "Wanli's desolation" and "heaven". The seven chapters "Chongjian of the Rebellion and Fall of the Two Dynasties" and "The Dislocation of the Southern Ming Dynasty" provide a high-level summary of the historical facts of each period of the Ming Dynasty. They are insightful, detailed and clear in textual research, and have a profound influence in the field of Ming history research.

The book covers the past century from the Opium War to the eve of the Anti-Japanese War in an in-depth and simple way. It mainly explains the modern Chinese people's efforts to strengthen themselves in the face of "great changes not seen in thousands of years" and the reasons for their failure. From the Opium War to the Revolution of 1911, from the Westernization Movement to the Hundred Days Reform, from Zeng Guofan to Kang Youwei, from Li Hongzhang to Sun Yat-sen, nearly a century of historical evolution and the lives of characters are narrated. There is no boring textual research and no accumulation of historical materials, but it fully demonstrates the future of the country, the destiny of the nation and the trend of social development. The historical framework and chronological history system constructed in this book have led the trend of modern history research and are called the pioneering work of modern Chinese history research.

The "(New) General History of China" compilation project is a major national academic and cultural project decided to launch by the Party Central Committee in the new era. On January 9, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions on the implementation plan of the editing project, requiring high-quality and high-standard editing projects to be carried out to create a masterpiece of the new era with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style. In June 2020, the compilation project was officially launched. It was organized and implemented under the leadership of the Institute of Chinese History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and has been included in the national "14th Five-Year Plan". This book is an important phased achievement of the compilation project of "(New Edition) General History of China". Based on the framework structure of "(New Edition) General History of China", it outlines and clarifies the main line of China's historical process and the evolution of social form, and concisely explains the law of Chinese historical development and the characteristics of Chinese civilization. The narrative period of this book starts from the origin of civilization to the new era. It adopts the chapter format to narrate the main historical facts of the past dynasties, grasp the salient characteristics of each social development stage, present the objective and true Chinese history from different aspects such as politics, economy, culture, and ethnicity, and clarify the profound heritage of the Chinese nation's spiritual values ​​and historical culture. Taking national unity and social development as the main thread, focusing on key changes and key nodes in Chinese history, highlighting the historical mainstream, historical achievements and historical trends, and explaining how the new era came from historical China, the brilliant achievements and great historical significance of the new era fully demonstrate our historical and cultural confidence.

"Ming History Research Series" is sponsored by the Ming History Research Office of the Institute of Ancient History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This series is "Ming History Research Series (22nd Spring Issue, 2023)", which is mainly divided into three categories: "Special Papers", "Historical Extracts" and "Book Reviews" Columns include the textual research and arrangement of the banknotes of Liang Weishu's "Cabinet Ceremony" collected in the Shanghai Library, the formation of the full-time system of honorary ministers of Guangdong, Huguang, and Water Transport in the Ming Dynasty, the review of Lu Yang's "Research on Social Security in Jiangnan in the Late Ming Dynasty", and the historical education of the Ming and Qing emperors.

This book carefully selects more than 30 papers written by the author in the field of Yuan history research over the years, covering many aspects such as Yuan Dynasty economy, politics, Yuan Dynasty shipping, character examination and debate, etc., Comprehensively demonstrating the author's remarkable achievements in these fields. The appendix also includes book reviews written by the author. These papers are based on solid historical materials and combined with inscription documents for in-depth and systematic research. They are the crystallization of the author's forty years of research on Yuan history and have far-reaching academic significance for promoting research in related fields.

The main text of this book is divided into two parts, the upper and lower parts. It is compiled from 37 papers by experts and scholars in the fields of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang history who are closely related to Professor Ning Zhixin, as well as Professor Ning Zhixin's disciples. The time span spans from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but mainly focuses on the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties. The themes involve political systems, economy, society, thought, culture, religion, ethnicity, Sino-foreign exchanges, historical documents and many other aspects. There are reinterpretations and interpretations of common historical materials and traditional topics, as well as the publication of new historical materials and the exploration of new research issues. There are also several articles dedicated to discussing Professor Ning Zhixin's academic characteristics, personality, etc., Which reflect the latest achievements in the study of ancient Chinese history in recent years, especially the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This book takes Chinese history and traditional culture as the research object, and has columns such as "Qiyu Chinese Studies", "Ancient History Special Topic", "National Culture History", "Modern History Special Topic", "Research on Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era", "Research on the History of the Communist Party of China", "Column on the Construction of the Big Ideological and Political Course - Ideological and Political Teaching Cases of Northeastern University Qinhuangdao Branch", "Column on the Construction of the Big Ideological and Political Course - Written Talk on the Construction of Mental Health Education Curriculum at Northeastern University Qinhuangdao Branch", "Qinhuangdao Regional Culture" and "Book Reviews".

"Modern History Materials" No. 146 Contains a total of five original materials on modern history, namely "Collection of Letters from Xu Guangjin to Ye Mingchen", "Diary of Yi Ruo (2)", "Report on Observing the War in Europe", "Diary of Travel to Chang'an", and "Letter from Lu Zhengxiang to Liu Fucheng (2)". Among them, "A Collection of Letters from Xu Guangjin to Ye Mingchen" is a letter written by Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong when he was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. It reflects the situation of the Qing army's suppression of peasant uprisings in Guangdong and Guangxi at the end of Daoguang and the beginning of Xianfeng. "Yi Ruo Diary" is the diary of Zou Jialai, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late Qing Dynasty. It records in detail the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty and the daily life of Beijing officials. "Lu Zhengxiang's Letters to Liu Fucheng (Part 2)" contains more than 220 letters written by Lu Zhengxiang to Liu Fucheng from 1936 to 1948. It not only reflects Lu Zhengxiang's life in his later years, but also discloses his interactions with Xu Jingcheng, the deeds of old figures in Beiyang politics, etc. It is of great academic value for a comprehensive understanding of Lu Zhengxiang.

This book is a serial publication of the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of History. This issue of this volume will publish 7 pieces of information, 5 of which are unpublished manuscripts or original files, 2 are translations, and 1 is a compilation of data. The main title is: "Unpublished Letters During the Period of Zhang Zhidong's Supervision of Hubei", which contains a total of 39 autographed letters from Zhang Zhidong to Yun Zuyi, Chen Baozhen, Qu Tingshao and others from the 17th year of Guangxu to the 22nd year of Guangxu. The contents involve Zhang Zhidong's Westernization measures during his supervision of Hubei, the case of Zhou Han, Li Hong's uprising against the Qing Dynasty, the Wuxue Teaching Case, the Zhang Ming Case, the loan during the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1991, the establishment of the Hubei Official Money Bureau, the Bingshen Hubei Flood and other issues are helpful to the study of Zhang Zhidong and the history of the late Qing Dynasty; "Unpublished Notes from Liang Qichao to Kang Youwei", this article collects Liang Qichao from Sino-Japanese War 1891 to 1911 Chaozhi Kang Youwei's 17 notes, mainly related to the political activities and thoughts of Kang and Liang during the Emperor's Religion period, are of great historical value in the study of the history of the late Qing Dynasty; "A Group of Western Historical Materials of Shanxi University Hall", this group of materials was written by a Westerner who was a teacher at Xizhai at that time, and the content involves Shanxi Province The establishment of new education in the city, the establishment process of Shanxi University Hall, the status of teachers, teaching activities, the design and construction of buildings, and the bibliography of translated books published by the Translation Library not only reflect Westerners' understanding of Shanxi education at that time, but also complement Chinese literature.

This book is the seventh volume in the series "The History of Chinese Civilization" written by a famous Chinese historian in Japan. It starts with the birth of Genghis Khan and introduces the entire process of Genghis Khan's unification of various Mongolian tribes, establishment of the Mongol Empire, and then the Mongol Empire's conquest of Eurasia. After that, it mainly talks about the transformation of the Mongol Empire into the Yuan Dynasty, the rise and fall of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as its economic, social and diplomatic conditions, etc., Including a more detailed introduction to Kublai Khan's two expeditions to Japan.

In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 occurred in China; in 1914, the First World War broke out, and China entered the war three years later; in 1919, China sent a delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, and then the May Fourth Movement broke out. From the Revolution of 1911 to the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement, what was the situation in China like? Western media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor carried many reports. Many Westerners who came to China, including Nobel Prize-winning writer Pearl Buck, also told stories about China. At the Paris Peace Conference, in order to regain Shandong's rights and interests, how did China's Ambassador to the United States Gu Weijun, China's Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang and others mediate? Wilson wanted to help China recover its rights and interests in Shandong, so why did he compromise with Japan and what were the consequences? Is the origin of the May 4th Movement related to Wilson's advocacy of equality and national self-determination? Chinese intellectual elites such as Hu Shi, Cai Yuanpei, and Chen Duxiu led the May Fourth New Culture Movement. The United States compromised with Japan, and they were disappointed with the United States. But the Western news media saw the drastic changes taking place in China, which was called "China's awakening." Historian Wang Di's new book "Chronicles of China: 1912-1919" shows this magnificent and colorful non-fiction history.

After the death of Emperor Zhengde, he had no children. Zhu Houcong, the crown prince of Xingfan, succeeded him as Emperor Jiajing. All civil and military officials asked him to succeed him. As his heir, he recognized his cousin Emperor Hongzhi as his father and called his biological father uncle. This triggered a "Great Ceremony" that shocked the court for twenty-four years. In order to honor his biological parents, Emperor Jiajing did not hesitate to use force to suppress the group of officials who protested in Fuque, leading to the Zuoshunmen massacre; he compiled the "Minglun Dadian" to construct a theoretical text on the legitimacy of imperial power; he fabricated charges to block the way of speech and stifled the policy of "serving the king as a teacher" among scholars. The ideal of governance; the constant changes in national etiquette and laws, called "restoring the ancestral system", actually improved the political status of the biological father and consolidated his own imperial power; he also controlled the ministers, expanded the power of the cabinet, changed chief ministers several times, and the political atmosphere of the court declined, creating conditions for intensified party struggles. This book studies the changes in the political culture of the Jiajing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty through the "Great Ceremony" incident, especially the issue surrounding the entry of Emperor Jiajing's biological father, God Zhu Youqi, into the Nephew Ancestral Temple. Jiajing monarchs and ministers argued with each other for many years. In the end, Emperor Jiajing got his wish and named his biological father the ancestral temple, which also achieved the purpose of reshaping imperial power and transforming a small sect into a large ancestral temple. However, Emperor Jiajing shook up the political and cultural system based on "rituals", privatized imperial power, and confused the status and etiquette, which led to political turmoil, conflicts between emperors and ministers, and social disorder crises in the middle Ming Dynasty, and even the gradual collapse and disintegration of the political order in the late Ming Dynasty.

"A Minimalist General History of China" is Mr. Lu Simian's famous historical work, and it is also the first general history of China told in vernacular in the history of our country. The original name of this book is "The History of the Country, Fuxing Senior High School Textbook". It is a general history of China written for high school students in the 1930s by the great historian Mr. Lu Simian. The author uses concise and smooth words to give a comprehensive description of China's politics, geography, society, culture, etc. From ancient times to modern times. The book is full of citations, vivid in form, clear in organization, and unique in insights. It is an excellent popular reading on the general history of China.

This book takes Zhang Juzheng's reform group as the research object and places Zhang Juzheng's reform in the historical evolution background of the middle and late Ming Dynasty. By examining Zhang Juzheng's reform group and its evolution, it reveals the complex relationship between Zhang Juzheng's reform group and Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the political structure of the late Ming Dynasty, and the social changes of the late Ming Dynasty. This book implements empirical research and, on the basis of fully studying existing research results, systematically collects and organizes documents related to Zhang Juzheng's reform group since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including official history, local chronicles, archives, anthologies, notes, family trees, inscriptions, oral historical materials, etc. It pays attention to the excavation of new historical materials, especially local documents, and discovers multiple aspects of history from the documents. Highlight the perspective of social history group research, and examine the characteristics, value tendencies and interactions of Zhang Juzheng's reform group through macroscopic stage grasp and microscopic case analysis, focusing on the integration of political history research with social changes and cultural changes. By sorting out important issues such as Zhang Juzheng's reform group and national political operations, changes in social life, and balance of interests, the important role and historical influence of Zhang Juzheng's reform group in the social evolution of the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty are profoundly explained, providing historical reference for my country to further promote the reform cause in the new era.

"Ming History Research Series" is sponsored by the Ming History Research Office of the Institute of Ancient History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This series is the autumn issue of 2023. It has three columns: monographs, graduate assignments, and book reviews. It includes the evolution of the selection system for grassroots military attachés in the Beijing camp in the Ming Dynasty, and an examination of the flag service and gun system in the Ming Dynasty. , The stratification of living standards in the Ming Dynasty and its measurement standards, the local false accusation trend and its judicial practice in the Ming Dynasty, the financing of construction funds and the financial operation of the Ministry of Industry during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the composition and influence of the group of examiners of the Yingtian Township Examination in the Ming Dynasty, and the analysis of the historical value of Gongyuan Records in the Ming Dynasty.

After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, China received support from many non-governmental aid organizations in the international community, the most prominent of which was the British Aid to China Association, known as the Chinese people's "most loyal friend in the Western Hemisphere." The China Aid Association was established in September 1937. It not only set off an upsurge in aiding China and resisting Japan in the UK, but also established a platform for international cooperation to aid China, making the UK once the center of the world's aid to China movement. Based on rich historical materials, this book examines the entire process of the establishment, development and withdrawal of the China Aid Club from the historical stage, and analyzes the reasons for the early vigorous development of the China Aid Club and its gradual decline in the later period. The historical contributions and limitations of the China Aid Association were also discussed, providing a new perspective for understanding the aid China movement of international civil society organizations.

"A Story of Spring and Autumn Period" is the second book in the "A Story of Spring and Autumn Period" series. It mainly tells the stories of the Spring and Autumn Period from 700 BC to 664 BC. This series of books is based on "Spring and Autumn", with "Historical Records" and "Guoyu" as main supplements. At the same time, it is written with reference to dozens of other related books. Different from other vernacular versions of "Spring and Autumn", the "A Story of Spring and Autumn" series adds background information such as calendars, rituals, systems, and character relationships based on the original historical materials, connects the events of the Spring and Autumn Period in series, and forms opinions and judgments based on a large number of historical materials to facilitate readers to understand this period of history more clearly. "A Story of Spring and Autumn" was originally an audio program. After being reorganized, revised, and supplemented, it finally formed the current series of "A Story of Spring and Autumn". Each chapter in the book contains a QR code of the original audio program, which can be read by reference to each other. "Spring and Autumn" is one of the Six Classics of Confucian classics in ancient China, and it is also China's first chronological history book. Its writing is subtle but explicit, ambitious but obscure, euphemistic and comprehensive, exhaustive but not dirty, punishing evil and encouraging good. It is known as the Spring and Autumn writing style and the subtle words and great meaning. The Six Classics of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, the Five Classics of the early Han Dynasty, the Seven Classics of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, the Twelve Classics of the Tang Dynasty, and the Thirteen Classics of the Southern Song Dynasty and later all have references to Spring and Autumn.

"Song History Research Series" is a collection of academic papers sponsored by the Song History Research Center of Hebei University, a key research base for humanities and social sciences in provincial universities under the Ministry of Education founded by the late famous historian Qi Xia. This collection focuses on "new materials, new methods, and new perspectives" in academic research, and mainly publishes academic papers in the field of Song history, as well as the history of Liao, Xia, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties. This is the 37th series and includes 35 academic papers, divided into columns such as research on the political system of the Song Dynasty, research on the military history of the Song Dynasty, research on the social and economic history of the Song Dynasty, research on the legal history of the Song Dynasty, research on the cultural history of the Song Dynasty, literature and textual research on the Song Dynasty, research on the history of the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and research summaries and reviews. The papers published in this volume either propose new insights through research or textual research, or unearth new historical materials. They are the latest research results on relevant issues in the academic community and can be used as a reference for researchers and enthusiasts of the history of the Song, Liao, Xia, Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

Since Zhang Qian's "hollowing out", the thousands-mile-long Silk Road has creatively built a network system for exchanges and interactions between the East and the West. The countless ancient civilization ruins attached to the Silk Road vividly demonstrate the splendid civilization of more than 5,000 years. This book describes the ruins of ancient civilizations embedded on the Silk Road from multiple angles. It not only allows readers to appreciate the role of the Silk Road as a bridge in cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations, but also helps people deeply understand the birth, development, communication, and mutual influence of ancient Eastern and Western civilizations.

This book is a collection of representative papers on the re-evaluation of the New Culture Movement over the past 20 years, edited by Professor Tao Dongfeng and others. The New Culture Movement was a social reform movement and ideological and cultural enlightenment movement initiated by a group of Western-educated intellectuals in the early 20th century. Since Chen Duxiu founded the magazine "New Youth" and launched the New Culture Movement in 1915, the centenary reflection on the New Culture Movement has become a hot topic in Chinese academic circles. Around this hot spot, different trends of thought have made different voices, putting forward their own unique views on re-evaluating the New Culture Movement. This book adheres to an objective and neutral stance and tries its best to include representative papers from various stances, so it has high historical value.

Zheng He's four voyages to Africa were a symbol of the early Ming Dynasty's diplomatic policy of "sharing the blessings of peace" with other countries, covering the world. This report explains in depth that the achievement of this unprecedented feat in human history was inseparable from China's advanced boating technology and navigation support at that time, as well as the opening of three new routes across the Indian Ocean to Africa: Zheng He's visit to Africa included Mugudushu, Bulawa, Zhubu, Malin, Manbasa and other places into the Maritime Silk Road The trade system of the Maritime Silk Road shows the international significance of the Maritime Silk Road more than ever before: through a visit to the "Chinese Village" on Patai Island, it was found that the descendants of Zheng He's subordinates who stayed in Africa due to the shipwreck still retain Chinese cultural traditions and have successfully integrated into African society. They are the first batch of Chinese to "immigrate" to Africa. It advances the history of Chinese immigration to Africa by two to three hundred years, effectively countering the so-called "neo-colonialism theory" and the "China threat theory," and providing theoretical and practical support for Africa's "Look East" and the development of China-Africa trade. This report is of extremely important historical and practical significance in promoting China and Africa to jointly build the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and promoting the construction of a China-Africa community with a shared future.

This book is part of a series of national think tank reports by the Central Society Think Tank. It covers a total of seven ocean voyages of Zheng He's fleet, which spanned nearly thirty years. The fleet reached Southeast Asian countries, the northern shores of the Indian Ocean, Arab countries, and as far as the east coast of the African continent, leaving many historical and civilized relics in these areas. This great navigational feat played an extremely important role in spreading advanced Chinese civilization, cultural exchanges with other countries around the world, and expanding economic and trade exchanges, and had a profound impact on future generations. In the history of human navigation, the Chinese nation (and also mankind) entered the vast Indian Ocean with a large-scale maritime fleet for the first time, and conducted long-term exchanges with coastal countries in terms of trade exchanges and cultural dissemination, ultimately marking the first strong rainbow in the history of world navigation. The recasting of the "Maritime Silk Road" in the 21st century will greatly promote the cross-connection of my country and the world economy. (Five Links) can further radiate China's influence to the northern Indian Ocean, Middle Eastern countries, Mediterranean coasts and African regions. While expanding China's economic influence and building China's soft power, it will have major economic benefits for countries along the route, and is conducive to the further formation of new Eurasian trade channels and regional economic development belts. Therefore, in response to the doubts that some governments and people have about the "Maritime Silk Road", active interpretation is the first thing to do.

By observing the rural power structure, this book understands its operating mechanism, understands the basic trend of ancient Chinese rural society, and understands the basic economic structure, power structure and internal operating mechanism of traditional Chinese society. In the establishment of contractual relationships among rural people, state power can be exercised and rural social order can be maintained. Taxes and levies directly or indirectly affect economic development and people's lives. The country tries its best to maintain a balance and basically maintains the stable operation of society. At the same time, we examine the process of wealth circulation and distribution in rural society, and understand the delicate balance between control and counter-control, survival and order in rural society. The whole book strives to form a continuous dynamic study spanning the Tang, Five Dynasties and Song Dynasties, focusing on "process" and "relationship". In a detailed analysis of basic historical data, the real life of rural residents is discussed. Try to change the top-down national perspective to a grassroots perspective and try your best to integrate into it. Explore the behavior of local rural people at that time, and look at the relationship between rural society, state and county power, the court and the country from the perspective of rural residents. Based on the interpretation of basic historical materials, new insights are put forward, hoping to slightly advance the research on some traditional propositions.

This book is a collection of papers from the "Academic Symposium on Jiangnan Society in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties" held in Tianjin in January 2016. It is also one of the final results of the National Social Science Fund's key research project "Jiangnan Policies and Social Development in the Early Yuan and Ming Dynasties." The important issues focused on Jiangnan in the Yuan and Ming dynasties include: Comparison of Jiangnan policies and social development from the Yuan to the Ming dynasty, the evolution of the household registration system in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the military household system and the social structure of Jiangnan, procedural criminal law, Jiangnan imperial examinations, the political and cultural life of local literati, the origin and spatial structure of towns, maritime trade, maritime prohibition and coastal defense, etc. When compiling the book, the above issues were divided into five parts: "Politics and Military System in Jiangnan in Yuan and Ming Dynasties", "Household Registration, Taxes and Economic History in Jiangnan in Yuan and Ming Dynasties", "Imperial Examinations, Scholars and Religious Culture in Jiangnan in Yuan and Ming Dynasties", "Enriching the People, Families and Customs in Yuan and Ming Dynasties" and "Maritime Commerce, Maritime Prohibition and Coastal Defense". This book is the first successful attempt by scholars of Yuan history and Ming history to bring together scholars of Yuan history and Ming history to break down dynasty boundaries and comprehensively examine Jiangnan issues from the late 13th century to the 16th century. In addition to the fact that Chinese and Japanese academic circles are keen on the "Tang and Song Dynasties" and some European and American scholars are paying attention to the "Song, Yuan and Ming transitions", it also puts forward a number of enlightening insights, which can be regarded as a useful exploration to deepen the understanding of the development of medieval and modern history.

"Chinese History and Traditional Culture" is an academic journal sponsored by Northeastern University Qinhuangdao Branch. The collection aims to promote China's excellent traditional culture. Research related to traditional culture in the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature, politics, etc. Is the focus of the collection. It mainly collects original academic papers and has columns such as book reviews, interviews with scholars, essays by famous writers, and collection of historical materials. Among them, book reviews welcome in-depth analysis of classic works, new works and other historical books that reflect the study of traditional Chinese culture. Scholar interviews can conduct in-depth and enlightening interviews with academic leaders and young and middle-aged scholars. Essays by Famous Writers welcomes scholars' reflections on life outside of academia. Collection of historical materials, welcome all walks of life to provide exclusive new historical materials, or archives, or inscriptions, or contract documents, etc.

"History of the Road" is a general history of ancient times. It uses the tenth century of Wei Shu as the chronology. It believes that the world was opened to Confucius and Huolin, and a total of "two million two hundred and seventy-six thousand years" passed. Under the tenth century view of time, Luo Bi added fifty-eight ancient emperors to the imperial line of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, narrating the ancient history from the creation of the world to the Xia Dynasty. The concept of ancient history behind the imperial lineage in "History of the Road" demonstrates Luo Mi's thinking on ancient history and cultural processes, and has a profound influence on the ancient history writings and mythological novels of future generations. From the perspective of literary research, Luo Mi reinterpreted the symbols of mythical characters and made them consistent with history. From the perspective of historical research, "History of the Road" constructs the development of ancient history through prophecies and Taoist historical views. It is a general cultural history recorded through the process of "historicization of myths." This book attempts to analyze the significance of the ordering of the imperial lineage in "History of the Road" and its evolution from "mythology" to "history", and then reposition the value of "History of the Road" in academic history from a more macro-historical and literary perspective.

This journal is sponsored by the Ming History Research Office of the Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. It is the earliest academic special journal on Ming history research in China. It publishes research papers, reviews, comments, etc. On the theme of Ming history. It is published once a year and is publicly distributed. Fans at home and abroad are welcome to send us excellent works.

The Archives of Fuyu City, Jilin Province contains Manchu and Chinese archives of the Baduna Deputy Dutong Yamen and the Bertune Banner Office in the Qing Dynasty. The archives start and end from the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867) to the third year of Xuantong (1911) in the Qing Dynasty, with a total volume of more than 5,000 volumes and more than 30,000 items. Among them, there are about 100 archives in Manchu or a combination of Manchu and Chinese, and the rest are in Chinese. The archives selected in this "Selected Archives" are mainly Manchu or Manchu-Chinese documents, as well as a few Chinese documents that are closely related to their contents. They are mainly official documents exchanged between the Bodune Deputy Dutong Yamen or the Boduna Flag Affairs Office, the Jilin General Yamen or the Jilin Province Flag Affairs Office, and various agencies under their jurisdiction. Its content mainly involves issues such as military, official system, personnel, finance, banner people's livelihood, people's management, education and other aspects.

The study of Qin history and Qin culture is a hot issue in today's historical circles. Related research has made great progress and achieved many excellent results. This book contains a total of 28 papers, divided into four topics: politics and economy, central and local governments, beliefs and folk customs, and handed down documents and unearthed slips. Some papers combine handed down documents and classics, archaeological unearthed materials and image materials to analyze the characteristics of each stage of Qin history, summarize the positive significance of Qin culture, and conduct a microscopic examination of the material life and spiritual belief world of the Qin people; some papers analyze the aspects of politics, military, and It analyzes the reasons for Qin's unification from several aspects such as culture and system, and conducts case studies on Qin's economic life and production methods, achieving some breakthrough insights; some papers use unearthed slip materials and handed down documents to discuss Qin's political structure, administrative system, bureaucracy and grassroots management, and discuss Qin's social structure, class relations and the impact of Qin's politics on later generations. The authors discussed from different angles, clarified some difficult academic issues, and put forward many constructive new insights.

This book is a collection of papers from the academic symposium "The Age of Discovery and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road". The book is divided into five topics, including "Zheng He's voyages to the West and the Belt and Road Initiative", "Historical Zheng He's voyages to the West and archeology", "Rethinking Zheng He's voyages to the West", and "The Age of Discovery and the Maritime Silk Road". The author of this book has assembled a group of well-known scholars in the fields of history, international trade, international finance, archaeology, etc. They have studied and analyzed the historical details of Zheng He's voyages to the West from various angles, from the macroscopic significance and impact to the mesoscopic examination of the route and scope of Zheng He's voyage, to the microscopic archaeology of Chinese porcelain in the places he visited, and finally, from the age of great navigation created by Zheng He, the historical inheritance and practical value of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative are derived.

During the Anti-Japanese War, cholera bacteria were one of the most widely used bacterial weapons by the Japanese bacterial warfare troops. The cholera bacteriological warfare carried out by the Japanese invaders was an important source of the cholera pandemic during China's Anti-Japanese War, and the serious harm caused must be exposed. The first chapter of this book summarizes the history of cholera epidemics in various parts of the world and in China before the Anti-Japanese War; the second chapter examines the research activities of the Japanese invaders on the weaponization of cholera bacteria; the third chapter examines the cholera bacterial warfare experiments and combat methods and technologies of the Japanese invaders from 1937 to 1941. Formed; Chapters 4 to 6 examine the Japanese military's cholera bacteriological warfare in China year by year from 1942 to 1945; Chapter 7 generally discusses the characteristics, patterns, consequences and hazards of the Japanese cholera bacteriological warfare, providing a reference for continued in-depth study of the history of Japanese cholera bacteriological warfare. This book believes that from 1938 to 1945, the Japanese invaders carried out more than 20 cholera bacteriological warfare activities in China, covering 20 provinces and cities, causing hundreds of thousands of Chinese people to suffer harm, including at least 160,000 people who died from the Japanese cholera bacteriological warfare. This book is a systematic investigation of the cholera bacteriological warfare of the Japanese invaders in China. It has important academic value for studying and discussing the relationship between the cholera epidemic in China and the Japanese bacteriological warfare.

This book mainly discusses the economic conditions of the Song Dynasty, focusing on flower planting and consumption, festival markets and government consumption measures, and the issuance of banknotes; the social life of the Song Dynasty, focusing on festivals, paper, flower consumption, festival cultural characteristics, real estate composition and conditions, and the environment and disaster conditions of the Song Dynasty. It strives to show the changes in the Song Dynasty from the aspects of production, circulation, currency, consumption, and the environment.

On the basis of adhering to materialist research methods, this book selects the specific case of the Reform Movement of 1898 as the research object, analyzes the reasons for the failure of the movement in political system change from the perspective of political culture, and summarizes the specific mechanism of political culture affecting political system change. This book believes that the Reform Movement of 1898 had a limited scope of influence in promoting the new political culture, did not complete the integration of Chinese and Western political culture, and did not realize the transformation of political thought into political psychology. Therefore, the new political culture did not form a solid support for the constitutional monarchy, and the proposal for political system change did not become a political reality.

This book mainly discusses several important issues in the textual research of Ming history by historians in the late Ming Dynasty. It mainly focuses on the textual research results of Ming history by Wang Shizhen, Qian Qianyi, and Pan Tiezhang. It also includes the works of historians such as Jiao Hong, Zhang Chaorui, Zhu Guozhen, and Xu Xuemo who made important contributions to the textual research of Ming history. It adds another explanation for the rise of textual research in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. At the same time, it comprehensively examines the textual research achievements of Ming history in the Ming Dynasty, and comprehensively analyzes and summarizes the achievements of Ming people's textual research on Ming history.

The Nanjing "Rong" 1644 Unit of the Japanese invaders was one of Japan's six overseas bacteriological units during World War II. Its organizational size, bacteriological weapons research and development and actual combat capabilities were second only to the Harbin Unit 731. This book is based on the peaceful vision of the international community prohibiting the use of weapons of mass destruction. By exposing the history of biological and bacteriological warfare crimes of the "Rong" 1644 Unit, it achieves the academic goal of warning the world and serving as a mirror. This book first uses Japanese war history documents, the Soviet Union's "Kaboli Trial Materials", and relevant declassified materials in American collections as the main basis. Secondly, it uses the research results of Chinese, Japanese, and American scholars as important references to explore how the "Glory" 1644 unit was organized and organized, the development of bacterial weapons, actual combat, and collapse issues; the first choice is the Chinese original Based on original documents, and the research results of Chinese, Japanese, and American scholars and local cultural and historical workers (including oral histories of perpetrators, victims and survivors), it explores the harm caused by the joint implementation of bacteriological warfare by "Rong" 1644 Unit and Harbin Unit 731 and other Japanese bacteriological warfare agencies in vast areas of central China, as well as the gains and losses of China's epidemic prevention work. This book contains rich literature references and detailed historical materials. It is currently the first historical monograph at home and abroad to systematically study the "Rong" 1644 bacterial unit of the Japanese army that invaded China.

This book examines the issues of rural control in the Tang and Song Dynasties and the issues of rural farmers in the Song Dynasty. The author intends to study the transformation of the Tang and Song Dynasties from the perspective of the political structure of rural society, or the changes in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The author's discussion of this issue does not follow the previous formal thinking, but goes deep into the social life history of ordinary farmers, and understands the events and historical significance of this changing era through perceptual observation and rational analysis.

Weiguo was the longest vassal state in China during the pre-Qin period. It was first established in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty and was destroyed by Qin II. It was established for more than 800 years (about 11th century BC to 209 BC). This book shows the rise and fall of Weiguo during the two-week period, uses a large number of detailed historical materials to reproduce Weiguo's developed economy and culture, and conducts certain research on Weiguo's historical celebrities. The political status, geographical and humanistic environment of Wei State was quite prominent among the vassal states of the Central Plains at that time. It was an advanced representative of Chinese civilization and played an indispensable role in the inheritance and development of the ancient culture of the Central Plains.