The books recommended by the professor are:
A Brief History of Ancient China written by Zhang Fan is very professional, from prehistoric times to the middle of Qing Dynasty.
Fan Shuzhi's Outline of National History is one of the textbooks of history department of Fudan University, covering the period from prehistoric times to the middle of Qing Dynasty.
The Outline of National History written by Qian Mu is very classic, but some of its historical views are different from those of modern times.
I have read books that I think are good:
Fifteen Years of Wanli and Great History of China (from prehistoric times to the middle of Qing Dynasty) were written by Huang Renyu. As upstairs said, this elder's view is relatively novel and worth seeing.
Mao Haijian's "The Collapse of China-A Re-study of the Opium War" changed my previous view of history, and you will know the details after reading it.
The Metabolism of Modern China Society, written by Chen Yinque, is a very careful book, and the authors are all famous writers.
Wu Wen Beiyang, written by Li Jie, is full of literary talent, strong speculation and conclusive evidence.
I am just a poor scholar. These are the books I have read, and some of them are definitely good books. At the same time, I want to remind the landlord that it is basically impossible to be correct and true in the history discipline, because people who write history have subjective consciousness. Only by synthesizing various materials and rationally speculating can we get a more credible history.
I hope it will help the landlord.