Prince Ma did not follow the routine of macro-history. He uncharacteristically went to see historical events that would never appear in textbook-style historical stories, and they were so small that no one paid attention to them except scholars who studied history.
These events really need a microscope to find out. How many people care about nobody in history as dust? When I opened Daming under the Microscope, the first historical dust story, Xueba Will Die, the whole story of Weizhou's four-volume case became more and more familiar, and I seemed to have read this story somewhere. I thought about it carefully for a few minutes. By the way, this story was written in the Ming Dynasty Living Manual written by this government.
With such a story basis, it is more vivid and interesting to look at the historical events compiled by Prince Ma. Of course, it is lively and interesting, because Prince Ma's past works are so fascinating. Although this book is a true historical documentary, his writing technique is not as boring as a textbook, which is quite suitable for children above junior high school.
There are only six stories about Daming under the microscope, but these six stories restore the dusty history one by one. History, details, verification, annotations, and figures in each historical period all use novel expression techniques, so historical documentaries look like reading novels without the slightest sense of vulgarity.
"Jia Shuai Hume believes that this matter is related to the people's livelihood of a county, and it can't be so confused. It must be dug up! Like all schoolmasters, Shuai Gamo saw that there was a problem in front of him, but he was not surprised but rejoiced and happily continued to dig deep. In the end, he found a seemingly irrelevant ancient clue in Huizhou government records. " -"Daming under the microscope"
Ma Wangye attaches great importance to annotations, ranging from historical events to units of measurement. He gave very detailed explanations one by one, unlike other historical documentary books, which only focused on their own understanding and ignored the historical materials that readers were not clear about.
Stone: The ancients drilled holes in the stone into concave rows to weigh grain, so "stone" became a unit of capacity, with a sound (dàn). "Talking about Bianyuan Wu" contains: "Ten fights make a stone". The ancient units of capacity were: spoon, ladle (gě), liter, bucket and stone, that is, 10. From Huainan Miao Zi Sung Hoon, we can see that it is difficult to infer profound truth from superficial understanding. "Get up early and get greedy for the dark" in Ling Mengchu's Moment of Surprise in Ming Dynasty is used to describe the hardships of life. In daily life, the stone harmony is rarely used because it is too big or too small, and people often use the bucket, so there is a saying that the bucket is a villain, fighting for gold every day, and five buckets of rice don't bend over. -One of the notes about "Learning to bully will die-the whole story of the four-volume case in Weizhou" in Daming under the microscope.
Although we used to learn some ancient knowledge from textbooks at school, no one can guarantee that we will remember it clearly, and the general direction will not go wrong, but the small details have been blurred.
Prince Ma's thoughtfulness has made readers wider. So as soon as this book came out, it was enthusiastically sought after by readers. I finished reading this book on WeChat first, and when my child finished the exam, I bought a paper book and recommended it to him.
In Gary the Snail, his other three new books have been put on the shelves. I haven't read many supporting roles in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so don't lie to me, and it turns out that people are always the cutest. I have dragged them into the bowl and prepared to start reading. It is said that he still has two papers on his way, which is really great. After reading his novels and historical stories, he lost his essays.
I sat down quietly, basked in the sun, drank coffee and opened the book Prince Ma to see how many surprises were hidden in the world he created.