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This set includes: "A Brief History of the Ming Dynasty" and "The History of the Ming Dynasty I Can't Bear to Read in Detail (Prying into the Palace Secrets of the Emperors, Concubines, and Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty)"

As a pioneer in the study of modern Ming history in China, Mr. Wu Han's research on Ming history is both insightful and easy to understand. It is an excellent version for the public readers to understand the history of the Ming Dynasty. This book selects "A Brief Introduction to the History of the Ming Dynasty", "The Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang", "The History of the Ming Dynasty (Unfinished)", "Notes on Reading History", etc., As well as other historical articles written by Mr. Wang on the social and historical issues of the Ming Dynasty. It is summarized from three perspectives: politics, economy and military. It combines the historical background, comments on gains and losses, and provides illustrations. It strives to enable readers to understand the history of the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent in the smallest possible length.

This series (must-read library series for top students) is a series of classic works specially tailored for students. Each selected book is carefully equipped with opening questions from famous teachers, exciting side comments, analysis of key points in the text, and wisdom tips and other reading aids. This book, "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", is a multi-volume chronological history book edited by Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty. The content mainly focuses on politics, military and ethnic relations, as well as economic, cultural and historical figures evaluation. The purpose is to warn future generations through the description of the policies of the ruling class that are related to the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation.

This series (must-read library series for top students) is a series of classic works specially tailored for students. Each selected book is carefully equipped with opening questions from famous teachers, exciting side comments, analysis of key points in the text, and wisdom tips and other reading aids. This book "Historical Records" is the first biographical general history in Chinese history. It records a history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the first year of Taichu (104 BC), Sima Qian began the creation of "Tai Shi Gong Shu", which was later called "Historical Records". It took 14 years to complete the work.

"Great Power Speed: Hard Beginnings" is the first work to completely tell the history of China's railway development. Recommended by Ma Yong, Li Dongjun, and Duanmu Cixiang, front-line scholars of modern history, this book tells in a minimalist, rigorous, and easy-to-understand way the difficult beginnings, suffering and glory of China's railway development in modern history since the Opium War, and the era of high-speed rail. This book is the first volume in the Speed ​​of Great Powers series. Only by knowing the past can we understand the future. After more than a hundred years of development, China's railways have reached the top of the world. History cannot be forgotten. Only by looking at the modern history of China's railways can we truly understand its significance.

It is the first of its kind to tell history in news media. It is the most convincing and forward-looking Spring and Autumn History in 2,800 years, the sharpest commentary, and the best history book. During the Spring and Autumn Period, society was turbulent and the situation was changing. "Spring and Autumn History News Network" tells the history of the Spring and Autumn Period by writing heroic things, absurd things, and wise things. These things are educational and inspiring to future generations. The heroic thing is to tell readers what the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is; the absurd thing is to tell readers that system flaws will inevitably lead to absurd things; the wisdom is to tell readers that all success is not accidental, but the crystallization of heart and brain power. Those who try to write history and history from both the positive and negative sides.

This book slowly opens the curtain of Chinese history for you through hilarious jokes and vivid hand-drawn cartoons. Behind the turbulent historical process, there are emperors, princes, civil servants and military generals with character, temperament and means. Their every move has shaped the wonderful five thousand years of history. I hope that after reading this book you will laugh out loud and have a preliminary understanding of the general context of Chinese history. How did King Gou Jian of Yue implement "family planning"? Why is Zhuge Liang said to be a "technology enthusiast"? Huan Xuan, a traitor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who loved to write "a madman's diary", what did he write in his diary? Li Shimin valued Wei Zheng, but why did he smash his tombstone? If you lived in the Yuan Dynasty, which class among the four classes would you belong to? Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu died less than one day apart. What's the mystery behind it?

This book slowly opens the curtain of Chinese history for you through hilarious jokes and vivid hand-drawn cartoons. Behind the turbulent historical process, there are emperors, princes, civil servants and military generals with character, temperament and means. Their every move has shaped the wonderful five thousand years of history. I hope that after reading this book you will laugh out loud and have a preliminary understanding of the general context of Chinese history. This volume is the third volume in this series. It tells the history from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Qing Dynasty, that is, China's transition from division to reunification.

"Sailei's Three Minutes Comic History of China" is the latest comic history work of "Sailei's Three Minutes", the leading self-media encyclopedia. Chinese history is a history that every Chinese should understand. The first volume of "Chinese History of Sai Lei Comics" covers the six time periods of Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring, Autumn, Warring States and Qin. What is very outstanding about it is that it uses the humorous style of Sai Lei Comics to tell Chinese history according to chronological 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.

Qu Yuan himself celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival, so there was no need to sweep graves during the Qingming Festival. After reading the comic for half an hour, the origins of traditional festivals are instantly clear! "Half-Hour Comic History of China (Extra Chapter): Traditional Chinese Festivals" is a brand new work launched by Chen Lei (second bastard), the pioneer of comic-style science popularization with 7 million fans on the Internet, and his team after "Half-Hour Comic History of China" and "Half-Hour Comic History of the World"! Every page is filled with knowledge points and jokes, which will make you laugh every three seconds. While laughing your abs out, you will instantly understand the true origin of traditional Chinese festivals. Qu Yuan actually celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival himself; the history of the Spring Festival is actually only more than 100 years; the Lantern Festival was actually Valentine's Day in ancient times; the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl actually had nothing to do with each other; the Qingming Festival was actually quite joyful for the ancients... Behind the origins of traditional festivals are actually various ancient Chinese knowledge: history, religion, astronomy, geography, climate, calendar, etc. It allows you to understand the traditional Chinese culture and the ancient wisdom of our ancestors while understanding the origin of the festival. Did you know? Qu Yuan himself celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival! Read the comic for half an hour and understand the true origins of traditional Chinese festivals in seconds!

The book "China and the Great War" uses international historical methods and multiple perspectives to study a little-known topic in China and world history: the relationship between China and the First World War. This is the first in a series of studies on China, internationalization, and national identity that I have conducted in recent years. The second part examines the history of China's pursuit of internationalization and new national identity from the perspective of sports. The book is called "Olympic Dream: China and Sports, 1895-2008" and will be published by Harvard University Press in the spring of 2008. People's Publishing House plans to release the Chinese version of the book as soon as possible. He is currently writing the third book in this series, which is tentatively titled "The Blending of Civilizations: Chinese Workers in World War I and China's Internationalization." The popular version of the book has now been completed and will be published in Chinese and French by Wuzhou Communication Publishing House in the autumn of 2007. The English version will be completed in 2009 and will be published first in English in the United States. These three books respectively provide new interpretations of relevant historical topics that are important but lack research from different angles, global perspectives, and comprehensive access to multinational archives. After the Chinese version comes out, it will be a great blessing if it can bring enlightenment to domestic academic circles in terms of methods, viewpoints, and materials, and achieve the effect of attracting new ideas!

This book uses humorous and popular language to describe the historical evolution of the Spring and Autumn Period over the past three hundred years on the basis of respecting historical facts. The ups and downs of the five hegemons, the struggle for survival of small princes and small countries, and the various aspects of life under the big background are vividly displayed on the page, showing readers a magnificent picture of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The content of the book begins with the division of the Jin Dynasty between the three families and finally the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin Shihuang. On the premise of respecting historical facts, it describes the ups and downs of the seven vassal states during the Warring States Period in vivid and interesting language. It reproduces the dazzling lives of Wu Qi, Shang Yang, Mencius, Zhang Yi and other outstanding talents under the background of the times, and takes you to experience a thrilling Chinese history.

"Spring and Autumn: The Rise of the Five Hegemons" is a book that respects historical facts and uses humorous and popular language to describe the historical evolution of the Spring and Autumn Period in the past three hundred years. The ups and downs of the five hegemons, the struggle for survival of small princes and small countries, and the various aspects of life under the big background are vividly displayed on the page, showing readers a magnificent picture of the Spring and Autumn Period. "Warring States: The Game of the Seven Heroes" begins with the division of the Jin Dynasty between the three dynasties, and finally the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin Shihuang. On the premise of respecting historical facts, it describes the ups and downs of the seven vassal states during the Warring States Period in vivid and interesting language. It reproduces the dazzling lives of Wu Qi, Shang Yang, Mencius, Zhang Yi and other outstanding talents under the background of the times, and takes you to experience a thrilling Chinese history.

The "Aid to Vietnam to Resist France" was the first large-scale military foreign aid operation after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Since the operation was top secret and was not disclosed, publicized or reported, only the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Military Advisory Group witnessed the magnificent and thrilling historical process. Based on precious files declassified in recent years, this book details the complete process from the 1950 border battle to the 1954 Dien Bien Phu battle, when China dispatched a military advisory group to assist Vietnam in its war of independence against France. Among them, there are the twists and turns of the great powers' mediation, the uncompromising decisions of leaders, the strategizing strategies of generals, the arduous fierce battles in the jungle, the heroic spirit of soldiers who killed the enemy with passion, and the lingering love between children... The author uses a magnificent documentary style to touch the smoke of the war more than 60 years ago, opening up a dusty historical memory.

This book is the summary of the "General History of Modern China". In this volume, the author gives an accurate summary of the entire process of modern Chinese history, clarifies the purpose of writing the book, sorts out the clues of modern Chinese history, expounds academic insights on the period division, major events and other issues of modern Chinese history, and reviews the research results of the academic circle of modern Chinese history over the past 20 years.

This book uses the major events in Chinese history from 1927 to 1937 as clues to describe this complicated and special period of modern society. After the Nanjing National Government completed the nominal unification of China, it implemented various efforts and attempts from implementing political training and constitutional government to strengthening the military, national defense, education, and economic foundation. Under the guidance of the Comintern, the CCP implemented rural armed separatism, established the Soviet Republic, and developed the difficult process of the Red Army. The manuscript reflects the tortuous negotiations between the two governments (the Nanjing National Government and the Chinese Soviet Government) and the two parties (the Kuomintang and the Communist Party) on the Chinese historical stage during this period with detailed and credible historical materials. It reproduces the clear historical context of the changes in the policies of the two parties since the September 18th Incident, the formation of the CCP's united front, and the realization of the cooperation between the KMT and the CPC.

Against the background of China's critical situation after the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1899, this book takes the Reform of 1898 and the signing of the Xinchou Treaty as the main narrative line of this volume. It describes the historical process of various strata of modern Chinese society from 1895 to 1900 thinking about China's crisis of national subjugation and genocide, reforming and strengthening, and resisting foreign powers to carve up China. The author describes the major events of this period with rich materials: the imperialist powers' plunder of China after the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1894, the overall picture of the Qing government's reform movement, the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight-Power Allied Forces' deliberate expansion of the war, and the mutual protection of the Southeast, etc., Which comprehensively reflects the political, economic, cultural, military, and social life conditions of China at that time.

The Westernization Movement period can be said to be the earliest experimental stage of early modernization in China. During the Westernization Movement, some modern factors began to appear in China: on the military side, new weapons and equipment were introduced and produced, new military training was carried out, and a new navy was established; on the diplomatic side, a new diplomatic system began to be established, and envoys and consuls were dispatched abroad; on the economic side, new factories and enterprises began to be established in industries such as shipping, insurance, mining, communications, textiles, shipbuilding, and smelting, and the "official-supervisory-business-office" system of government-business cooperation was adopted and joint-stock forms; in terms of science and technology, some education and dissemination activities were carried out to learn from foreign advanced science and technology culture, a group of new scientific and technological talents were cultivated, and some Western science and technology books were translated and published; in terms of striving for national independence, a certain degree of military and diplomatic competition was carried out to resist foreign aggression; in terms of political reform, some early reform (reform) thinkers appeared and put forward ideas and propositions such as nationalism and democracy. Judging from the three main contents of China's early modernization, the attempts during the Westernization Movement were mainly reflected in the industrialization aspect including military industry. The other two aspects either appeared weak or were in the budding stage of ideas and made no achievements. Therefore, the early modernization attempt during the Westernization Movement was mainly an early industrialization attempt, or the beginning of early industrialization. It was an industrialization attempt that lacked prerequisites, and was a partial, preliminary and deformed early modernization attempt. The Westernization Movement ended with the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1895. China's failure in the Sino-Japanese War of 1891-1899 proved that the "self-strengthening" goal of the Westernization Movement not only failed to be realized, but even made China poorer and weaker, and even more invaded and plundered by foreign powers.

This volume covers the period from 1912 to 1923, describing the basic social conditions during the period when the Republic of China was established after the Revolution of 1911. The main events during this period include the rule of the Beiyang warlords, Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor and the War to Protect the Law, the May Fourth Movement and the establishment of the Communist Party of China, the two Zhili-Fengtian wars, and the political turmoil in Beijing during this period. Against this broad background, the author narrates the basic situation of China's social development in the early Republic of China, describes the extremely ups and downs of the golden period of the economy in the early Republic of China, and illustrates that China's traditional economy is still struggling in the process of transforming into a modern economy.

The content of this book describes the period when China initially became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. It was also a period when the positive forces of Chinese society made their initial response to the rapid changes facing Chinese society. At the same time, this book also describes the Chinese people's struggle against the aggression of Western powers during this period, and also reflects the understanding of the reasons for the decline of Chinese society during this period by Chinese people of insight and their efforts to strengthen the country.

This volume discusses the historical period when the Chinese Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party cooperated and carried out the national revolution. During this period, the balance of power between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the historical roles they played made Chinese society during this period full of complex contradictions and struggles. This volume narrates the history of this period based on the reorganization of the Kuomintang, the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the joint Northern Expedition, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to promote the national revolution. It objectively states the role that the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party played in promoting the society at that time, as well as the contradictions and disputes between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party until the process of rupture. It provides an objective and accurate review of a series of major events during that period, absorbs a large number of the latest research results, and gives a detailed introduction to the background, process, results and historical impact of these important events.

This volume starts with the July 7th Incident and ends with Japan's defeat and surrender. It describes a series of events in my country's military, political, economic, diplomatic, ideological and cultural fields during the stage of the comprehensive resistance war. Defeating the Japanese invaders is the prominent theme of this volume. Around this center, frontal battlefield operations are the main focus, supplemented by guerrilla operations behind enemy lines and diplomatic efforts, forming the main line of this volume.

"Zizhi Tongjian", referred to as "Tongjian", is an unprecedented chronological general history masterpiece compiled by the famous Northern Song Dynasty historian Sima Guang and his assistants Liu Xun, Liu Shu, Fan Zuyu, Sima Kang and others over a period of 19 years. It occupies a very important position in the official history books of our country. The book depicts the historical development from the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties, and explores the reasons for the rise and fall of the unified dynasties such as Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang, as well as the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu, Wu, the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It vividly depicts the emperors, generals, and ministers' way of governing the country and dealing with people, as well as their joys and sorrows of life and death in the whirlpool of history. For the convenience of reading, this book specially selects classic chapters from "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", translates them into vernacular, and rearranges them so that more modern readers can appreciate the unique charm of this work.

This is a general historical work written in pure vernacular language from a modern perspective. From the ancient times of slash-and-burn farming to the modern civilization that has experienced the ups and downs of honor and disgrace, the Chinese nation has continued to live and struggle, and many historical figures and national heroes have emerged who will shine through the ages. They are heroes of the Chinese nation, influential figures who promote the development of Chinese history, and create historical miracles for the Chinese nation that are praised in ancient and modern times. The author uses historical stories as narrative units and adopts a chronological style. Through the organic combination of concise style, concise text, novel layout, exquisite illustrations and other elements, the author completely reproduces the essence of China's five thousand years of history and culture, allowing readers to intuitively and clearly feel the evolution of history, and comprehensively grasp the development context of Chinese civilization. While easily acquiring knowledge, the author can gain a broader cultural vision, aesthetic feeling, imagination space and pleasant experience.

"General History of China" is based on the modern new educational concept and on the basis of absorbing the results of domestic historical research. It organizes the rich graphic materials accumulated in the long history of Chinese civilization in the form of a historical chronology. It records the major historical events that occurred in China from 1.7 Million years ago to 1912 AD. The content covers various fields such as politics, economy, military, culture, diplomacy, science and technology, law, religion, art, folklore and other fields.

This book is the first monograph in domestic academic circles to systematically study the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing from an American perspective. On the one hand, the book uses a large number of third-party first-hand materials such as diplomatic archives and diaries of decision-makers to demonstrate with irrefutable facts the various atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing and their relevance; on the other hand, through the above-mentioned first-hand materials, the author demonstrates for the first time at home and abroad that US President Roosevelt not only understood the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing, but also responded to them. This book also examines the negative impact of the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing on American public opinion and the resulting American boycott of Japanese goods and its effects, and reveals the connection between the outbreak of the Pacific War and the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing.

In March 1922, 12 Western scholars headed by the American scholar Morse established the West China Frontier Studies Society at West China Union University in Chengdu. The society aims to study the politics, humanities, customs, environment and impact on local people in West China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet, Gansu, etc.). It plans to promote research through surveys, loaning equipment, holding lectures, publishing papers, and publishing journals. Later, scholars from Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, China, Australia and other countries joined, and the membership once reached more than 540 people. Chinese scholars joined in 1930, and by 1950, 120 people had participated. In the 1940s, Chinese scholars gradually became the main force in West China studies. The Society is the first international academic research institution in modern China with the West China Frontier as its purpose. It occupies an indispensable position in the academic history of modern China and also occupies an important position in Chinese Frontier Studies. It is an important symbol of the transformation from individual-based research methods to specialized academic institutional research activities. This project is the first to conduct a comprehensive and systematic basic research on the West China Frontier Studies Society itself, which will fill the gap in the academic community in the absence of academic monographs on the society itself. It not only corrects the view of the Society as a "reactionary Western academic institution" after 1950, but also re-evaluates the Society based on its archives and published documents. It also places the Society in the context of global politics and politics to discuss its founding and development, and comprehensively evaluates the Society's historical role, value, contribution and influence, and even its important position in the history of modern Chinese academic history, the history of modern Chinese frontiers, the history of international Sinology, the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West, and the history of the spread of Christianity in West China.

This book questions the historical conclusion that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a major political turn in his later years. Starting from the perspective of historical origin research and new historiography, this article discusses how "Zizhi Tongjian" written by Sima Guang shaped the political image of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years. It points out that there are serious problems with the historical materials "Hanwu Stories" on which it is based. It believes that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not change his political line as expected by Sima Guang in his later years, and points out that "Tongjian" cannot be used as a general historical material for studying the history of the Qin and Han Dynasties. This book is a case-based historical study, reminding researchers and ordinary readers that the accuracy of historical materials is the basis for the argumentation of historical works.

The Yuan Dynasty lasted a total of ninety-seven years from the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty by Kublai Khan in 1271 to the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yuan Dadu in 1368 and the Yuan Shun Emperor, the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, fled north. If we count from the establishment of the Mongol Empire by Genghis Khan Temujin in 1206, it only lasted one hundred and sixty-two years. Compared with the previous Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and the subsequent Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, there is no doubt that the Yuan Dynasty was a short-lived dynasty. Although the reign of the Yuan Dynasty was very short, this period of history was colorful and magnificent, and it was a colorful chapter in the long scroll of history. The Yuan Dynasty, as a connecting dynasty in Chinese history, had a profound impact on the history of China and the world. The Yuan Dynasty was neither a fleeting meteor nor a small country that suddenly appeared. Its brilliant and majestic appearance is like a Mongolian lion, showing its majesty without anger. Things change and people change.

This article explores the occurrence, development and evolution of the ancient prose movement in the mid-Tang Dynasty from the intersection of literary history and intellectual history. It mainly contains six aspects: First, the occurrence and evolution of the early ancient prose movement. Second, the evolution of Confucianism and Taoism in the mid-Tang Dynasty. Third, the formation of the Han-Yu cultural group and its essential characteristics. Fourth, Liu, Liu, Yuan, Bai and the ancient prose movement. Fifth, the relationship between the ancient prose movement and the development of parallel prose. Sixth, the historical practice and historical thoughts of ancient writers in the Mid-Tang Dynasty.

This book is based on the general courses taught by the author at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and takes the historical Silk Road as the main line to comprehensively sort out the political, economic, and cultural exchanges of human civilization on the Eurasian continent from prehistory to 1500. The author first summarizes the origins and characteristics of civilization, and then gives a lively, concrete and detailed introduction to the history of the Silk Road civilization, focusing on topics such as Alexander's Eastern Expedition and Zhang Qian's hollowing out, Kumarajiva's translation of scriptures and Fa Xian's pursuit of Dharma, the Sogdians in Sino-Western exchanges, the spread of paper to the west and the spread of letters to the east, the founding and spread of Islam, the westward migration of the Turks and the impact of the Mongolian conquest on Eurasian civilization, etc. The book outlines the history of Eurasian civilization through the Silk Road, making the complicated and magnificent history of human civilization clear and accessible.

This book is Professor Wei Feide's doctoral thesis, an academic work that studies China's transformation into modern times in the late Qing Dynasty. The main "gate" to China in the Qing Dynasty was Guangzhou, and the "strangers" were foreigners. As the name suggests, "Strangers at the Gate" is related to the history of foreigners breaking into Guangzhou (the gate of China), and about the foreign invasion of China during the Opium War. However, this book is not mainly based on this study. Instead, it uses the two Opium Wars of the British invasion of China as clues to study the social dynamics of Guangzhou and Guangdong Province during this historical period, such as the attitudes of the government, gentry, regiment training, farmers, etc. Towards foreign countries; their respective activities, mutual relationships and changes, thereby revealing some trends in the beginning of modern Chinese history.

The Opium War is a topic that both China and Britain should face together, and this new book by Ms. Lan Shiling, a cutting-edge British sinologist, examines it from a broader perspective. It aims to allow us to transcend regional restrictions and seriously reflect on the evils and contradictions of this world conflict. Lan Shiling fully absorbed existing relevant research results (such as Mao Haijian's "The Collapse of the Celestial Dynasty: Re-Study of the Opium War"), and was able to find more moving historical details in original Chinese and English historical materials. Thanks to her profound literary attainments, historical figures such as Lin Zexu, Qi Shan, and Yi Lu seem to emerge before her eyes through her descriptions. In addition to detailing the war process, Lan Shiling also described the complex historical memories of the war between the Chinese and British people, especially the role it played in the construction of China's modern nation.

This book comprehensively depicts various scenes of Chinese literary tradition, and takes the history of world civilization and literature as reference. The era spans from ancient times to the present day, and the narrative objects also include literary works by writers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese. For the first time, chapters are divided into themes according to literary genres such as poetry, prose, novels, and dramas. The first chapter provides an overview of the key elements of Chinese literature. Each chapter is organized in chronological order and is an independent chapter. Topics covered include: the historical background of relevant works, the influence of popular culture, the impact of Buddhism, the role of women, exchanges with ethnic minority literature and language, etc.

Every era has its own way of telling stories, and the story of the Mei family is particularly touching. Because although silk and bamboo are often melodious and sleeves are fluttering on the stage, dynasties are changing and war is turbulent off the stage. Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang was born in such an era. With his excellent opera talent and loyal patriotic sentiment, he created a generation of famous actress Mei Lanfang who has a legendary life that spans the ages. This book tells the story of four generations of the Mei family, both on and off the stage. From Mei Qiaoling, the grandfather of "Tongguang Thirteen Wonders", to Mei Zhufen, the father who blossomed in a short artistic life, to Mei Baojiu and Mei Baoyue, the descendants who have reformed new plays and created an original school, shouldering the responsibility of inheriting the Mei School, and many Liyuan children, they jointly staged an epic drama on the stage of the times.

The book begins with "Review and Prospects of Research on Ancient Chinese Civilization in the Past Hundred Years" as an introduction, which runs through Mr. Li Xueqin's academic thoughts. For the general part, we have selected 4 articles, which give a general overview of the formation and development of ancient Chinese civilization; for the sub-part, we have selected 34 articles, starting from Chu Yan and Emperor Huang, the two most important figures in ancient Chinese civilization, and going through the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, including the Spring and Autumn Period and the War, and strive to reflect the main characteristics of different historical periods in the formation and development of ancient Chinese civilization. There are 7 articles at the back of the book, including the author's biography and a list of works, which can be used as a reference.

"Modern History of China" starts from the geography and natural environment. It first outlines the living conditions and life characteristics of the people of various ethnic groups in our country and surrounding areas, and then sorts out the history of China before modern times from the aspects of products, ideas, literature, science, and art. The history described in "Modern History of China" begins with the Opium War and covers several major themes such as the Opium War, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1898, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Boxer Rebellion, the Revolution of 1911, and the situation since the Republic of China. It provides a basic narrative outline for modern Chinese history. The book is rich in historical materials and the author's descriptions are vivid, giving people the feeling of reading a chapter-by-chapter novel.

Flowers are the essence, and people are also the essence. The most essential thing is the glorious and decadent material and spiritual life of that era. The "Nanhua" in the title of this book is not the name of a place (Nanhua County, Nanhua Temple), not the name of a person (Nanhua Zhenren), not the title of the book (Nanhua Sutra), but the literal meaning: "The Essence of the South." The work depicts stories of the vanished south: dreams, dramas, gardens; scribes, talented women, strange people... This is an artistic and literary chronicle of southern China after the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There were painters, composers, and connoisseurs who devoted themselves to the construction of private spaces, including Wen Huiming, Dong Qichang, Wu Qizhen, Xiang Yuanbian, Li Rihua, Tu Long, Tang Xianzu, Dong Ruoyu, Qi Biaojia, Wu Meicun, Chen Hongshou, Zhou Lianggong, Zhang Yaoxing, and Gong Xian. , There are artists and craftsmen from the grassroots such as Ji Cheng, Zhang Nanyuan, Liu Jingting, Su Kunsheng, Luo Longwen, Wang Ranming, etc., As well as legendary women with different destinies such as Shang Jinglan, Xue Susu, Qian Yi, Wang Sun, Wang Wei, Yang Yunyou, Lin Tiansu, and Liu Rushi. These connoisseurs and hermits, together with the politicians and administrative bureaucrats of the same era who had feelings for their family and country, formed the two wings of the Confucian Chinese tradition. This book uses time as the warp and characters as the latitude, visiting gardens, dramas, travel, tea, wine, spices... Through individual characters, utensils and entries, it presents a history of material culture and spiritual culture of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty in a scattered outline and presentation.

Wang Sizhi (1929-2012), a famous Chinese historian and a well-respected scholar in the field of Qing history. He has many incisive expositions and arguments on the periodization of ancient Chinese history, the issue of upright officials in feudal society, the historical status of the Qing Dynasty, succession to the throne, clan organization and other issues, showing a macroscopic view of history, clear thinking, profound theory and superb thinking. This book is a collection of academic seminars commemorating the 85th birthday of Mr. Wang Sizhi. It recalls every detail of Mr. Wang Sizhi's life and shows all aspects of China in the Qing Dynasty from a macro perspective.

"Those books are too old, and I am too old, and are of no use to this world." "These books are all newly written by you. How can they be too old and useless?" "Do you think these books can save the Beiyang Navy? Do you think these books can save the country? Do you think these books can save China?" This book uses a deep and elegant narrative technique to portray the generation of intellectuals headed by Sun Yirang, the master of Pu Xue in the late Qing Dynasty. Situated in a "big change that has not happened in three thousand years", they encountered unprecedented complex situations and differentiated outcomes, and the ambivalence and spiritual crisis when they chose to rely on or break away from traditional modes of thinking and behavior. It also describes their different ways of spiritual breakthrough: some are clinging to the old and falling into depression, some are lingering and losing ground, and some are struggling to find ways to make a new start. This is the meaning of the book's title "Cicada Slough". The whole book is like a long ink epic scroll that unfolds gradually, showing an era of wind and rain, turbulence in Kyushu, and the light of day is still far away. The Opium War, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, the Gengzi Revolution, the Hundred Days Reform... Major historical events flashed through the screen one by one; Lan Guiren, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Yu Quyuan, Sun Yirang, Weng Tonghe, Huang Shaoji, Rong Hong, Sheng Xuanhuai, Kang Youwei, Zhang Jian, politicians, Confucian scholars, old-school scholars, new-wave scribes, and revolutionaries gradually appeared in the clamor, while the inheritance line of intellectual history was the faint shadow of distant mountains in the background.

In 1975, the First Session of the Fourth National People's Congress was successfully held, setting the grand goal of realizing the four modernizations by the end of the 20th century. Deng Xiaoping served as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vice Premier of the State Council, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. He presided over the work of the Central Committee and held meetings on industry, agriculture and enlarged meetings of the Military Commission to comprehensively rectify all aspects and achieve great results. At the end of 1975, the "Gang of Four" launched a campaign to "criticize Deng and counter the right-leaning trend of overturning convictions", and the comprehensive rectification was forced to be interrupted.

During the Anti-Japanese War, a total of 9 military airports were built in Sichuan, including 4 strategic bombing airports (Xinjin, Pengshan, Guanghan, Qionglai) and 5 expulsion airports including Mingshan and Shuangliu, collectively referred to as special projects. On June 16, 1944, the Chinese and American air forces launched a long-distance bombing of the Japanese mainland from Sichuan, which attracted world attention. CBS correspondent Stuart Stuart reported: "Such a huge airport was built by hundreds of thousands of Chinese farmers. The manpower is so huge that it has been used to build the Great Wall for two thousand years." It's rare." The people of Sichuan built more than 2,000 kilometers of Sichuan-Yunnan, Sichuan-Shaanxi and other national defense highways under the condition of shouldering the burden, and paid a huge price. For example, when building the Le (Shan) west (Chang) Highway, more than 1,400 migrant workers were sacrificed to open up the 7-kilometer section of Yanwogou.

"Taoism and the World" contains Mr. Liu Dong's recent academic works, divided into five volumes: contemporary research, traditional research, comparative research, sinological research, and educational research. With its consistent sensitivity and profundity, it addresses important issues in multiple research fields. The collected articles are collected for the first time, including essays and interviews. The writing style is eclectic, showing his lively thoughts and comprehensive mind.

In 1368 AD, the forty-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Mansion after defeating various peasant uprising armies, and established the last huge empire ruled by the Han people. He also became the only true "peasant emperor" in Chinese history. As Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty said: "Gai Mingzu is a man who is a sage, a hero, and a thief." He is good at winning people's hearts, treats intellectuals favorably, has an excellent view of the overall situation, and has decisiveness. Zhu Yuanzhang's "sage" qualities that are different from those of the powerful in the late Yuan Dynasty helped him ascend to the high position. When Zhu Yuanzhang defeated all the heroes and ascended to the throne, he showed his green face and fangs, overthrew the eight hundred years of traditional political system with cruel and terrifying means of massacre, took autocratic politics to the extreme, deposed the prime minister, slaughtered meritorious officials arbitrarily, established a royal guard, despised civil servants, implemented a strict Lijia system to force people to migrate, interfered with people's freedom of employment, strictly restricted foreign trade, etc. What's more important is that Zhu Yuanzhang injected poison refined from the think tanks of past dynasties into the people's brains, paralyzing the nerves of the entire China into a vegetative state, fundamentally killing everyone's individuality, initiative, and creativity, and domesticating them into obedient people who specialize in providing food. Zhu Yuanzhang's success and failure are both inseparable from the cultural soil of "China". This book puts Zhu Yuanzhang into the context of Chinese culture and makes a detailed analysis, trying to present a multi-dimensional Zhu Yuanzhang to readers.

"Searching for the Real Chiang Kai-shek: Interpretation of Chiang Kai-shek's Diary 2" is a monograph written by the famous historian Yang Tianshi on the study of Chiang Kai-shek's life and thoughts. It is compiled from a series of papers interpreting Chiang Kai-shek's diary, including the cooperation and division between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the strategy against Japan during the Anti-Japanese War, the relationship between China and major European countries during World War II, Chiang Kai-shek's reflection after his defeat in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek's family, etc. In the book, Yang Tianshi adopts a unique perspective starting from Chiang Kai-shek's diary. Based on various versions of Chiang Kai-shek's diary and related historical materials stored in archives and archives at home and abroad, through careful reading, comparison, careful textual research and full interpretation, Yang Tianshi deeply explores Chiang Kai-shek's life experience, ideological evolution and true psychology, and uses vivid writing to reveal the roots of Chiang Kai-shek's many decisions and actions in historical events.

The Central Army, Northwest Army, Northeast Army, Sichuan Army, Jin Army, Zhejiang Army, Yunnan Army, Guangxi Army and local security forces participated in the fighting in and around Taierzhuang, as well as the Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party of China, the New Fourth Army and the general public. In the long journey of the Anti-Japanese War, different political parties and factions laughed away their grudges in the face of resisting foreign humiliation. For the sake of national freedom, they melted their blood together!

"The History of the May Fourth Movement and the May Fourth Movement in History" Introduction: The May Fourth Movement was the most enduringly influential and controversial historical event in modern China. To commemorate this great event of epoch-making historical significance, Peking University held an international academic symposium to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement in May 2009 with the theme of "The History of May Fourth and the May Fourth in History". Chinese and foreign scholars attending the meeting conducted extensive and in-depth discussions on issues such as the May Fourth Movement and Chinese modern thought, the May Fourth Movement and Chinese traditional culture, the May Fourth Movement and the development of Chinese society, the characters and ideas of the May Fourth period, the politics and academics of the May Fourth period, the recollection of the May Fourth Movement and the reflection on the May Fourth Movement, reflecting the new progress in the academic research on this historical event in the new century. This collection of essays is a collection of this academic achievement.

"World History in the 20th Century" is a public elective course textbook at Peking University. It provides an syllabus and detailed introduction to the major historical events that occurred in major regions and countries in the world in the 20th century. The content includes the First and Second World Wars, the Russian October Revolution, the national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the Middle East issue, the Cold War and détente between the United States and the Soviet Union, the European unification process, the exploration of the Soviet socialist road, the rise of East Asia, etc.

"The Historical Starting Point of National Rejuvenation: Contemporary Peking University Scholars on the May 4th Movement" content introduction: 90 years ago, the May 4th Movement was first organized and launched by young students from Peking University. It was a great patriotic revolutionary movement that was completely anti-imperialist and anti-feudal. It was also a great ideological emancipation movement and a new culture movement. This movement not only launched China's new democratic revolution and became an important turning point in China's modern history, but also promoted the combination of patriotism and Marxism of the Chinese people, forming the great May Fourth spirit with patriotism as the core with the characteristics of the new era. Under the new historical conditions, inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of May Fourth patriotism is of great significance for uniting and rallying people of all ethnic groups in the country to work together to develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Peking University is the center of the New Culture Movement and the birthplace of the May Fourth Movement. The May Fourth Movement was first initiated by young students from Peking University, and many of the backbones of the movement were Peking University students. Since the May 4th Movement, the spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy, and science has been passed down from generation to generation among Peking University students. Peking University teachers and students have continued to commemorate the May 4th Movement, elaborate on the May 4th spirit and its historical role, and have produced a large number of articles and writings. These articles and writings are not only commemorations and elaborations of the May 4th Movement, but also reflect the research and thinking of Peking University teachers and students on China's modern development process from one aspect, and have high ideological and historical value. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, editing and publishing articles and writings about the May Fourth Movement by contemporary Peking University scholars will help teachers, students and young people to further understand the May Fourth Movement and China's modern history. It will help further explain how history and the people chose Marxism, socialism and the Communist Party of China, thereby further enhancing people's theoretical identification with the Party and New China.