Author/Rao Publishing House/Beijing United Publishing Company
Douban score 8.3
If you want to know the real situation of the Three Kingdoms, you must read this book! It focuses on Liu Bei's establishment of the Shu-Han regime and the truth of the iteration of the Three Kingdoms regime! Is Liu Bei's capture of Yizhou the beginning of establishing hegemony? Not really! In the name of restoring the Han Dynasty, he seized the land of his own kin, Liu Zhang, and violated his promise to the people! Did Kong Ming pay his life and money for his seven expeditions to the North? Not really! Kong Ming attacked Wei from beginning to end under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty. Although it failed, it ensured the rationality of the Shu-Han regime! The textual research of the book is extremely solid, but the content is even more wonderful than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Wei, Jin, southern and northern dynasties
Author/[date] Chuansheng Xiong Yi Publishing House/Kyushu Publishing House
Douban score 8.4
Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the darkest and most chaotic dynasty in the history of China! But this book puts forward a refreshing point: this is an era of political chaos, but also an era of civilization and prosperity! With a broad vision beyond the change of dynasties, the author considers the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in the process of world civilization, and finds that it is the rise and fall of these large and small countries that led to a large number of literati and nobles living in the folk. These people of insight, either running around or living in seclusion in Shan Ye, always take the inheritance of civilization as their responsibility. They have continued Chinese civilization and maintained its resilience! Let China, which has experienced 300 years of turmoil, quickly open the prosperous times of Sui and Tang Dynasties!
Tang dynasty in multipolar Asia
Author/[Canadian] Wang Zhenping Publishing House/Shanghai Culture Publishing House
Douban score 8.0
This book is irreplaceable in the vast amount of Tang Shi materials! Because it says that the Tang Dynasty can stand in the strong enemy for 300 years, relying on its omnipotent diplomatic means! At the beginning of the Tang dynasty, the national strength was weak, so we kept a low profile and stayed put. At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, and we cooperated with each other in military threats, intimacy and two-way cooperation. Take the Battle of Baijiangkou in World War I between China and Japan as an example. In the face of Japanese invasion, Datang was able to beat the shit out of them, but after the Japanese sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, Datang welcomed them with an open and inclusive attitude.
The art of being ruled
Author/[Canada] Song Publishing House/China Overseas Chinese Publishing House
Douban score 8.5
A historical work with excellent reputation! The writer is a professor in the history department of Harvard University. Starting with the humble system of "military household system" in the Ming Dynasty, he directly deduced the root of the political decay of the whole Ming Dynasty! The so-called "military household system" means that people whose household registration is classified as "military households" need to perform military service for generations. But in fact, this policy is not in line with the people's hearts and it is difficult to carry out it normally. So over time, a new ruling art of "obeying Yin and Yang" appeared in the Ming Dynasty. On the surface, the people followed, but secretly they took advantage, and the rulers let it go, which eventually led to the collapse of the whole Daming regime!
History of the May 4th Movement
Author/[America] Zhou Cezong Press/Sichuan People's Publishing House
Douban score 9.3
This book tells you with nearly 500 pages and super detailed information that the May 4th Movement was actually the most crucial link to change the fate of modern China! The failure of the Paris peace talks completely disappointed the masses with the West. Yuan Shikai's public claim to be emperor made people completely disgusted with the old regime. It is the complete disappointment with the upper ruling class that aroused the nation's spontaneous will to save the country and made the people of the whole country rise up and fight for national independence and ideological liberation! The author Zhou Cezong is a famous historian and a young man deeply influenced by the May 4th Movement. His persistence in the spirit of the May 4th Movement made him abandon politics, follow history and restore the true colors of this movement to the world.