We often say that the world's "four ancient civilizations" refer to China, ancient India, ancient Babylon, and ancient Egypt, but historians often include the Aegean civilization, the predecessor of ancient Greek civilization, to form the "five ancient civilizations".
However, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, the four "ancient civilizations" of ancient India, ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt and ancient Greece have disappeared or been interrupted, and only Chinese civilization has been baptized by war for thousands of years, and has finally been passed down, becoming the only civilization in the world's five major civilizations that has not been interrupted.
Why is it that only China's civilization has not been interrupted and can always pass on the torch?
Because we have thousands of years of historical records, the wisdom of the Chinese nation has been passed down from generation to generation through oracle bones, bamboo janes, books, and books, and these histories have formed our national consensus, making our land forever united and inseparable.
History is one of the most precious treasures of Chinese.
Chinese culture is rising rapidly, and culture is inseparable from history. As a Chinese who is making great strides towards the world, it is indispensable to understand history.
But our history is too long, five thousand years, where to start, and where to explain thoroughly?
It was then that I realized that our history is so great. What a dangerous mountain that is difficult to overcome in front of the eyes of beginners.
For a long time of five thousand years, each of us was just a beginner.
Who would dare to say that they know history, understand real history?
Fortunately, there is a group of historians of the older generation born in the first half of the last century, spending half a lifetime of painstaking efforts, using rigorous professional knowledge, writing methods for the public, compiling a set of "Classic Chinese General History", professional authority and easy to understand, good to see can not stop at all!
This set of "Classic General History of China" launched by China International Broadcasting Press is composed of:
There are 16 books, including "Xia Shang Historical Tales", "Western Zhou Historical Tales", "Spring and Autumn Historical Tales", "Warring States Historical Tales", "Qin and Han Historical Tales (Part 1)", "Qin and Han Historical Tales (Part 2)", "Three Kingdoms Historical Tales", "Two Jin And Northern and Southern Dynasties Historical Tales", "Sui and Tang Historical Tales (Part 1)", "Sui and Tang Historical Tales (Part 2)", "Five Dynasties Historical Tales", "Song Dynasty Historical Tales", "Yuan Dynasty Historical Tales", "Ming Dynasty Historical Tales", "Early Qing Historical Tales", and "Late Qing Historical Tales".
From the historical migration of xia and shang to the late Qing dynasty, the panoramic depiction of 5,000 years of Chinese history, the independent fascicle of each dynasty, professional authority, and easy to understand, take you through the fog and touch history!
1, read history like cooking small fresh, everyone holds the spoon more tasteful
The authors of this set of books are mostly historians of the older generation born in the first half of the last century, which took several years, investigated and consulted a large number of documents, and compiled and sorted out in accordance with the order of historical development, so as to achieve this set of historical masterpieces suitable for all ages!
On the basis of professional research, the author writes small articles with a large hand, which has both professional thickness and depth, and there is no lack of humor and humor, and the writing is plain and smooth, easy to understand!
With the clues of time, from all aspects of political, economic, cultural and social life, in the form of storytelling, a comprehensive and in-depth interpretation of major events in Chinese history is carried out.
2, history is like sand, with fingertips and heart to feel
Reading history is mainly to read people, and reading people focuses on the heart, Mr. Qian Mu said: "Do not understand the heart of the ancients, do you know the history of ancients?" ”
Only by reading the history of tongxin can we cross time and space, enter the depths of history, reach the source of the ancient people's hearts, and carry out the dialogue between life and life.
Mr. Qian Mu believes: "A Chinese person who does not read history is not enough to call himself patriotic, because he does not know deeply. ”
For a country, history is experience, lessons, insight, and adherence, the accumulation of the past, and the reference of the future. For a person, history is the best partner and teacher, who can talk to you, teach you to integrate, and see your own growth and gains and losses.
Mr. Nan Huaijin believes that three thousand years of reading history is nothing more than fame and fortune; ninety thousand miles of enlightenment, in the end, poetry and wine pastoral.
China's history is vast and profound, complex and intricate, one link is tightly linked, one point can radiate a large piece, and there are countless points in one piece.
Ancient texts and documents are vast.
Where should a history of China begin?
In the order of historical development, it is best to follow the footsteps of time step by step.
The development of history is both accidental and inevitable.
Each dynasty has its own background, culture, legends, important events.
This set of "Classic General History of China" is independently written in the order of dynasties, allowing us to restore the truth of history more clearly.
In the reader's mind, a clear outline of China's thousands of years of history is established.
3. Read history, read in volumes
"Xia Shang History", written by Meng Shikai, a researcher at the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, from Dayu Zhishui to Wu Wang, narrates the ancient history, outlines the outline of ancient China in the Xia and Shang dynasties, and lays the foundation for the Western Zhou Dynasty in later generations.
"History of the Western Zhou", written by Wang Yuxin, a researcher at the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is the era of "thinking innocently" in the "Book of Poetry", the zhou ancestor who stepped on the footprints of giants, the rule of Cheng Kang, the king of Zhou Mu who traveled west and met the queen mother of the west, the republican administration, the princes of beacon drama... This is the rise and fall of the Western Zhou.
"Spring and Autumn History", written by Wang Guimin, Ying Yongshen, and Yang Shengnan, researchers of the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, this is the era of the rise of hegemons, and the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period have successively performed on the stage of history, stepped on and off the stage, and constantly rotated. This was also an era of bursts of ideas, which laid the foundation for China's cultural and ideological traditions for thousands of years to come.
"Warring States History", written by Xie Qi and Peng Bangjiong, researchers of the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is a period of heat and blood in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, a Hundred Schools of Thought, and the Annihilation of the Six Kingdoms of Qin, and it is also the romantic era of Chu Ci, and it is also an era in which only one person's talent and tongue can worship each other and be enfeoffed, rejuvenate a country, and destroy a country.
"Qin and Han History (Part 1)" and "Qin and Han History (Part 2)", written by Pan Guoji, a historian at Nankai University, here are Qin who unifies the world and the whole world, there are also Chu and Han competing for hegemony, chasing deer in the world, and more wenjing rule, rejecting the Xiongnu for more than two hundred miles, sealing the wolf Juxu's absolute sincerity, as well as the eunuchs' chaos in government and the helplessness of the Decline and Fall of the Han Dynasty.
"History of the Three Kingdoms", written by Liu Chunfan, professor of the History Department of Jilin University, the three kingdoms struggle for hegemony, what is the difference between the real history and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? Longzhong countermeasures, the Battle of Chibi, the collision of strategy and fire; Sima usurped Wei, Le bu Shu, the world returned to Jin... Three kingdoms in turmoil, wonderful and colorful.
"The History of the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties", written by Liu Jingcheng, professor of the Department of History of East China Normal University, this is the era of the Five Hu Chaohua, the most complex period of turmoil in Chinese history, and also the period of the dazzling development of scribes' thoughts, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, the Wind of Seclusion, the Discussion of Xuan Dao, the Bones of Wei and Jin...
"Sui and Tang History (Part I)" and "Sui and Tang History (Part II)", written by Professor Wu Tingyu of the History Department of Jilin University, what is the difference between the real Sui and Tang History and the Sui and Tang Dynasties? Why was the tang dynasty's Zhenguan to the peak of the Kaiyuan period ended by the Anshi Rebellion? The division of feudal towns, the struggle between the courtiers and the eunuchs... The outbreak of the Huangchao Rebellion eventually buried the empire.
"Five Dynasties History", written by Shen Qiwei, professor of the History Department of East China Normal University, this is another chaotic era, the rise of the kingdoms, Shi Jingyao sacrificed youyun sixteen states, resulting in the tragedy of the north without barriers; the early death of Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, but laid the foundation for the Song Dynasty; the lamentations of the Lords of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the gentleness of the Huajian School are all in this book.
"History of the Song Dynasty", written by Wu Tai, a researcher at the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is the most beautiful and elegant period of Chinese, and it has also been criticized as the weakest era. The shame of Jing Kang, the battle of Yashan, the heroism of Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang, and the romance of Song Ci are all condensed in this dynasty.
"History of the Yuan Dynasty", written by Qiu Shusen, professor of the History Department of Jinan University, originated in the grasslands, and then galloped across the Eurasian continent, from Genghis Khan who bent his bow and shot a large eagle to Kublai Khan, an unprecedentedly huge empire across the Eurasian continent was established, but it declined for a hundred years.
"History of the Ming Dynasty", written by Lou Chengquan and Yan Zhangcang, professors of the History Department of Xiamen University, the real cloth tianzi - Zhu Yuanzhang, a poor boy who could not afford to eat, could only live by sacrificing himself to enter the Buddhist temple as a monk, but transformed into the inspirational experience of the only grassroots emperor in Chinese history who succeeded in the Northern Expedition. Zheng He's voyage to the West, the change of Tumu fort, the struggle between the castration party and the Donglin party, and all kinds of strange emperors are all in this book.
"Historical Tales of the Early Qing Dynasty" and "Historical Tales of the Late Qing Dynasty", written by Xia Jiayun, professor of the History Department of the China University of Political Science and Law, is the dynasty of the last autocratic emperor in China, and the "yin and yang sides" of the two poles before and after, on the one hand, the prosperous era of Kangqian, on the other hand, the ruined dynasty ravaged by Westerners.
4, with a professional point of view to take you to see the simple history
Each book is accompanied by a chronology of dynastic events, a table of dynastic emperors, etc., with clear clues and easy access, so that readers can see at a glance and read through history!
Reading history makes one wise! The change of historical dynasties, the vicissitudes of the storm, the greatness of the emperors throughout the ages, and the legend of the princes and generals!
Reading history needs to be early, but at any time, it is not too late to read history, in the face of history, each of us is a beginner!
"Lessons from the past, teachers of the back cars", this is perhaps the best introduction to history, and it is the meaning of this set of books to truly read and fall in love with history!