1, Outline of National History
The Outline of National History is a general history of China. By sketching, the author Qian Mu reveals the evolution of China's ancient history, including political system, economic system, social outlook and academic thought. This book is regarded as one of the most insightful works in China's general history, with high influence.
Mr. Qian Mu's historical knowledge, brand-new historical view and historical method have been fully reflected. By reading the Outline of National History, we can have a profound understanding and feeling of China's historical development and culture.
2. Historical records
Historical Records is the first biographical general history in the history of China, which records a history of about 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi to the first year of Emperor Wudi's Yuan Shou. As the first biographical history book in the history of China, it is known as "the historian's swan song, Li Sao has no rhyme". Reading the history of China requires reading historical records.
3. What happened in the Ming Dynasty
Ming Shi is a historical book based on historical materials, with time and specific characters as the main line. It shows the fate of the 17th emperor of the Ming Dynasty and other princes, dignitaries and small people in a panoramic way, especially the officialdom politics, war and imperial mentality.
It is not only popular and easy to understand, but also expounds what happened in the Ming Dynasty in the form of novels, setting a model for grassroots history writing, with skillful writing, quick thinking and lofty thoughts.
4. Purple Tongzhi scissors
Zi Tong Zhi Jian is the best history book in China, which records the history of 16 dynasties and 1362 years with time as the key link. Sima Guang's compilation is rich in content, detailed in narration, clear in context and rigorous in system, which has a far-reaching impact on the development of historical philology.
5. General history of China
The General History of China is a highly appraised historical book, which is different from the general narrative way, but divides history into two parts: cultural phenomenon and historical order. The first part describes the economy, system, society and culture of ancient China in detail, while the second part clearly shows the political history of ancient China.
6. History of Spring and Autumn Annals
Spring and Autumn Annals is one of the ancient Confucian classics in China, which tells the national history of Lu in the Zhou Dynasty. This book expresses Confucius' profound political thoughts in concise language, which is the unanimous view of Mencius, Xun, Ma and Ban in Han Dynasty.
7. The Book of Later Han Dynasty
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a historical book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty compiled by Ye Fan, a historian of the Southern Song Dynasty. It describes the rise and fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty and various social conditions with rigorous and orderly brushwork. Book *** 195 Historical facts are arranged in chronological order, divided into ten biographies, eighty biographies and eight records.
8. Politics in Eastern Jin Dynasty
Politics in Eastern Jin Dynasty is a historical book based on rich historical materials and careful textual research and analysis. It believes that the door-door politics in the Eastern Jin Dynasty only existed in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the * * * rule of the door-door gentry and imperial power was its form of existence.
It presents a wonderful political game in an easy-to-understand way, which is of great significance for studying the distribution and game of political rights in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
9. History of the Three Kingdoms
The History of the Three Kingdoms is a historical book centered on Wei and written for Shu and Wu respectively. The three books are national history respectively, and together they are the annals of the Three Kingdoms. As an era of great concern in the history of China, people love this period of history more than any other period.
10, Warring States policy
The Warring States Policy is a national history book compiled by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty, which is divided into the policies of twelve countries, including the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Chu Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty and the Zhao Dynasty. The book has 33 volumes, divided into "policy" theories of twelve countries.
The content is centered on the lobbying activities of strategists in the Warring States period, and at the same time reflects some historical characteristics and social features of the Warring States period. It is an important ancient book to study the history of the Warring States. The Warring States Policy is good at explaining things clearly, describing vivid characters, vivid language and rich literary talent.