Beginning with the Opium War in 1840, China entered modern times, with the collision of China and the West. On this historical stage, many characters have appeared on the stage, each interpreting a colorful scene in China's modern history in a unique way. Their records show future generations the social changes over the past hundred years, and have become important materials for understanding modern China today.
In modern literature, there are historical notes, archives compilations, epistolary inscriptions, etc. In order to meet the needs of the majority of readers, we have selected four kinds of reprints: "Memories of the Flower with the Holy Nunnery", "Preparing for the Beginning and End of Yiwu: Daoguang Dynasty", "Shen Zengzhi's Letters" and "Hairilou Inscriptions". These works, rich in content and with different themes, are either the notes of famous scholars, or archival documents reflecting the relations between China and foreign countries in the late Qing Dynasty, or the collection of letters and inscriptions of cultural celebrities and friends, which have important historical value and can show the general audience all aspects of modern Chinese society from different perspectives. Readers who are interested in purchasing can click on the mini program of Bohong Bookstore to place an order under the introduction of each book. If you have suggestions for reprinting or reprinting other books in the field of modern history, you can also contact us in time.
"Memories of Flowers with the Holy Nunnery"
The original manuscript was originally serialized in the Central Current Affairs Weekly, and continued to be published in Xuehai from 1934 to August 1937. The book is from the hands of Huang Jun, the master of the Republic of China, and has always been valued by scholars.
The content involves the political anecdotes of the late Qing Dynasty, the research of history and national history, the anecdotes of reminiscences of friends, the scenery of old objects, and the local characters. The material is abundant, the writing is vivid, it is interesting to read, and it is a good notebook historical material for studying and understanding the history of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
Organizer
Li Jikui, born in 1937, male, from Meizhou, Guangdong. After graduating from the Department of History of Nankai University in 1962, he entered the Northeast Institute of Literature and History, where he studied economics. From 1972 to 1980, he worked at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jilin Province and the Institute of History of Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, where he studied modern Chinese history. In 1981, he was transferred to the Department of History of Sun Yat-sen University. He is the author of "Sun Yat-sen and Japan" and "The Biography of Liang Shiyi", etc., and participated in the compilation of "The Complete Works of Sun Yat-sen", "The Continuation of the Complete Works of Sun Yat-sen", "The Long Compilation of Sun Yat-sen's Annals" (Zhonghua Book Company Edition), and compiled and published "Lin Yichang Diary", "Yishi Class Manuscript", "Yishi Tan Hui", "Modern Notes and Eyes" (Zhonghua Book Company Edition), etc.
"Preparing for the Daoguang Dynasty"
"The Beginning and End of the Preparation of Yiwu" is a compilation of foreign relations archives of the Qing government.
Among them, "Preparing for the Beginning and End of Yiwu Daoguang Dynasty" was compiled by Wen Qing and others, with a total of 80 volumes, starting from the ban on opium in the sixteenth year of Daoguang (1836) to the twenty-ninth year (1849). It contains more than 2,700 files and 2.2 million words of edicts, court mails, memorials, and notes on foreign-related matters during this period.
All the important events in the history of Sino-foreign relations are recorded in this book, such as the First Opium War, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, the Sino-French Treaty of Whampoa, and the Sino-American Treaty of Wangxia. Chung Hwa Book Company has added a title to each document, punctuated and segmented, indicated the month and day of the Gregorian calendar, and added a folding index and a classified index of events at the back of the book, which is convenient to use.
Organizer
Qi Sihe, the son of the famous historian and famous educator Qi Biting. A native of Ningjin County, Shandong. In the 20s of the 20th century, he studied at Nankai University and Yenching University and obtained a bachelor's degree. In the 30s, he went to study at Harvard University in the United States and obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in history. After returning to China, he taught at Peking Normal University, Tsinghua University, Yenching University, China University, and Peking University. He has a wide range of academic interests, and has made remarkable achievements in the fields of pre-Qin history, modern Chinese history, medieval world history, modern world history, historical theory and historiography.
Shen Zengzhi's Letters
Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922), the name Zipei, the number Yi'an, the late number Meisuo, the room name Hairi Building. A native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Guangxu was a six-year jinshi, and successively served as an envoy to Jiangxi, an envoy to Anhui Province, a political envoy, and a nursing governor. Shen Zengzhi had a high reputation in the academic circles of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and was a great master of calligraphy in the late Qing Dynasty.
This collection includes 880 letters from Shen Zengzhi that the organizer has seen in the past 20 years, involving more than 110 characters, arranged in pinyin according to the recipient's surname, and each letter is accompanied by a word, explaining the source of information, writing time, and arranged in order of year, month and day, and the unknown year is ranked last. Some of the modern figures involved in the letters are briefly introduced. In this reprint, there are many corrections and errors.
"Hairi Lou Inscription Collection"
This book is based on the original or photocopy of Shen Zengzhi's inscription, and if there is no authenticity, it is recorded according to the transcript, typesetting and other documents, and proofread. It is divided into three categories: group book inscriptions, gold and stone inscriptions, and calligraphy and painting inscriptions, with a total of 551 poems and 801 articles, which is 28% higher than the 2016 edition of Zhonghua Book Company's "Five Kinds of Hairilou Bibliography Inscriptions". In addition to the additions, the 2016 edition of the text, punctuation, and proper name line errors were corrected, and the content of the case was improved, making the "Hairilou Inscription Collection" the most complete collation in recent years, which has high academic value.
"Shen Zengzhi two kinds" organizer
Xu Quansheng is a native of Shanghai. He is a researcher at the Institute of Literature and History, Fudan University, with research interests in Chinese classical philology, modern academic history, and history of Sino-foreign relations. He presided over the compilation of "The Complete Works of Shen Zengzhi". He is the author of "Shen Zengzhi's Long Chronicle", "Five Kinds of Bibliography and Inscriptions of Hairi Building" (point school), "Cangqu Lou Poetry Collection" (cooperative point school), etc. (Co-ordinator: Yibei; Editor: Siqi)