Reading books first read history, these are the words of Mr. Qian Mu, the "grandmaster of a generation".
He said in the preface to the Outline of The History of the Nation:
"The nationals of any country, especially those who profess to have knowledge above the horizon, should have a slight knowledge of the past history of their own country. Otherwise, at most, only one person with knowledge can be counted, and no citizen with knowledge can be counted. ”
The idea of this is very clear, that is, if you do not understand Chinese history, you are not Chinese.
However, China's historical books are vast and huge, not to mention that modern people look scared, and even the ancients have headaches. Sima Guang, the protagonist of the smashing cylinder story, sighed like this:
Since the migration and consolidation, there have been many words, and since the clothed people, they have not read them all; in the case of the Lord, there are thousands of opportunities in the day, so why bother to look around?
Meaning: Since Sima Qian and Ban Gu, there have been many historical texts, and the cloth people can't read them all, let alone the emperor of the Day, where does he have time to read it?
Therefore, after the failure of the PK with Wang Anshi, the frustrated Sima Guang built a private garden in Luoyang, duyuan Garden.
Then he gathered a group of colleagues, found the history of the main history, the history of the wild, and the miscellaneous history, and "cut the lengthy and the opportunity" day and night, so that "the bones and bones are paralyzed, the eyes are faint, the teeth are few, and the divine consciousness is decayed", and finally after nineteen years, it is edited into a book and dedicated to Song Shenzong.
Emperor Shenzong believed that the book was "in view of the past, and had the resources to govern the Tao", gave it the title "Zizhi Tongjian", and personally wrote a preface to it.
Why read "Zizhi Tongjian"?
The Zizhi Tongjian is a great achievement recognized by historians, and the Southern Song Dynasty historian Wang Yinglin said: "Since the existence of the book deed, there has never been a person like the Tongjian. (Since the existence of writing, no book can compare with the Zizhi Tongjian)
Zeng Guofan of the Qing Dynasty said: "Stealing the book of the ancestors and astonishing the world, Mo is good at Sima Wenzheng's "Zizhi Tongjian", and its arguments are eclectic and open-minded. (Among the good books written by the previous generations of sages, the Zizhi Tongjian ranked first, and the evaluation of ancient people and things was very appropriate and open-minded.) ）
Chairman Mao also commented seventeen times on the Zizhi Tongjian and commented: "Seventeen times. Every reading is very rewarding. A rare good book.
The Zizhi Tongjian begins with the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC) and the sixth year of Emperor Xiande of Zhou Shizong (959) in the fifth dynasty of the second dynasty, with a total history of 1362 years, 294 volumes, and more than 3 million words, which is 6 times the word count of the "Records of History".
When Sima Guang himself chatted with friends, he also said that since he wrote the Zizhi Tongjian, many people have proposed to read it carefully, but the vast majority of people have not read half of the book, and have already yawned for days and dozed off. (The taster said: "Since I am the Zizhi Tongjian, many people want to read it, but they have not finished a piece of paper, and they have not been able to think about it.) ”）
Ancient scholars are not easy to read, let alone modern ordinary people? Children are even more daunting.
How can we make the boring tome history books thin, quintessential, and good,so that children can enjoy the pleasure of reading while increasing their historical knowledge?
If you as a parent have such troubles, it is better to eat the Amway of reading the little sister, take advantage of the double twelve activities to attack, and break the bone to get a single set of "Teenagers Reading "Zizhi Tongjian""