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"A History of China That Will Make You Addicted Once You Read It" Author: Wen Boling Publisher: Taiwan Strait Publishing House
"A History of China That Will Make You Addicted Once You Read It" Author: Wen Boling Publisher: Taiwan Strait Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
A Yang Guifei,
In Li Bai's eyes, "the clouds look like clothes and the flowers look like faces, the spring breeze blows over the threshold and the dew is gorgeous";
In Du Mu's eyes, "A horse gallops through the dusty streets, and the concubine smiles; no one knows that it is the lychees that are coming";
But in Luo Yin's eyes, "A'man in the afterlife should have something to say, don't blame Concubine Yang this time."
The beauty, the favored concubine, the spendthrift woman and the scapegoat, which one is the real Yang Guifei?
A city of Chang'an,
In the Han and Tang dynasties, it was the irreplaceable center of the empire, and was described by Wang Wei as "the people of all nations bowing to the emperor and the empress".
In the Song Dynasty, it became a frontier military town;
In the late Ming Dynasty, it became a hell on earth with famine everywhere and people eating their own children.
In Wen Boling's writing, history is no longer a notebook arranged by time, but a process of evolution of the times that penetrates time and clearly sees the context.
Using his method to read history, you will discover the hand behind history and thoroughly understand the past, present and future of history.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Wen Boling is a history columnist, founder of Wenhu Media, and the 2019 "Insight Supplier" of Yidian Zixun. He is good at using easy-to-understand writing to explain different historical viewpoints from novel perspectives, helping you discover the hand behind history and thoroughly understand the past, present, and future of history.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, good boss and bad boss…013
History's Cruel Officials: Comrades, Chamber Pots, and Scapegoats…018
Sima Yi at the forefront of history…025
The hidden rules of being a prince...032
Li Shimin: The United Front is a treasure...040
Social relations are a fig leaf for class...046
Releasing Military Power with a Cup of Wine: Performance by a Group of Drama Experts…052
Eight Banners: The Code of the Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty…062
Chapter 2 Turning Point | The torrent of history begins with tiny dust particles. The economic law of the emperor guarding the country’s gates…071
The Empire's wealthy families, classes, and divisions...082
The end of the golden age of entrepreneurship…088
An Lushan Rebellion: A cancer in the prosperous Tang Dynasty...094
Why Yue Fei must die...103
The Law of Historical Cycles: What is the best era for ordinary people?
1644: A turning point in the country’s destiny…116
Concubine Ling's Struggle for Favor, the Qing Dynasty's Trade War...125
Chapter 3 Reform | Our steps will never stop Why Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars...133
The Finance and Destiny of the Han Empire…140
Ideology is a knife…147
Wang Anshi's Reform: The Collision of Agriculture and Finance…154
Totem of the Mongolians - Genghis Khan…161
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the Historical Process…165
Zhang Juzheng: The fate of a famous prime minister…171
Game of Thrones: The Duo of Cixi and Guangxu…178
Chapter 4: Struggle | Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different species? When I was young, I only knew Xiang Yu’s bravery, but when I was middle-aged, I understood Liu Bang’s difficulties…189
Cao Cao, enjoying the world with fireworks...194
Liu Bei's struggle is the chicken soup you should drink most...201
Huan Wen's Wei and Jin style...207
The history of Wu Zetian's rise to power...213
The Yueyang Tower is still here, but Fan Zhongyan is no longer around…224
If you feel that life is hard, you might as well read Zeng Guofan...233
"Stubborn Mule" Zuo Zongtang…239
"The World is Connected" Qiao Zhiyong...246
Chapter 5 Temperament | Finding the Power of Touching If you don’t understand Qu Yuan, you can’t talk about feelings…257
Guan Yu, please stop, I want to be your friend...269
Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface"…275
There is a kind of temperament called Ji Kang and "Guangling San"…283
There is a Tao Yuanming in everyone's heart...289
Su Shi: After I forgot my age, my life became more enjoyable…297
"Rebel" Wen Tianxiang...301
Xu Wenchang: Half a Life of Hardship, a Life of Resounding...309
Wang Guowei: The Last Defender of Chinese Culture…318
Chapter 6 Emotions | Women never have only one side. Young people don’t understand Empress Dowager Lu, but if they understand her, they will be heartbroken…327
Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying: Appearance is the minimum standard for marriage…332
The Queens of the Dugu Family…337
Su Shi and Wang Fu: It is not just love that makes a couple's relationship last...342
Li Qingzhao, a woman who is as brave as a man…346
Lu You and Tang Wan: Writing the most moving love poems in the Song Dynasty…355
