1, Eighty Years of Modern China, edited by Chen Xulu and published by Shanghai People's Publishing House.

2. Key Figures in the Modern History of China, Zhuang Lian, Zhonghua Book Company.

3. The Collapse of China, Mao Haijian, Sanlian Bookstore.

4. General History of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Mao, Nanjing University Press.

5. The Second Opium War, cited by Jiang Meng, Joint Publishing Company.

6. History of Westernization Movement, Xia Dongyuan, East China Normal University Press.

7. The Sino-French War, Chen Shulin, Ocean Press.

8. History of Sino-Japanese War, Qi, People's Publishing House.

9. History of the Boxer Movement, Liao, People's Publishing House.

10, Historical Draft of the Revolution of 1911, translated by Jin Chongji, Shanghai People's Publishing House.