Kangxi and Qianlong once "approved the capital and treated it like a mirror".
Wang Mingsheng, a historian in the Qing Dynasty, praised the book "Learning from the Same Resources": "This book is indispensable between heaven and earth, and it is also a must-read book for scholars."
Zeng Guofan answered the question of what books young people should read in "To Luo Shaocun", saying: "I don't think the book of the Sage Classic is good at Sima Wengong taking history as a mirror, and its ancient theory has been compromised and broadened; Can steal things and hold sacred rights; The reasons for military gains and losses are also good, and the context is clear; It also explained in detail the reasons why the famous Gong Juqing made a fortune and ruined his family, so that the literati dared not know the precepts and did not publish the canon outside the Six Classics. If you can finish reading this book, you can do whatever you want in the future and you won't lose it. "
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What is commendable is that this great man devoted his life to the study of history. The range of historical classics he read is immeasurable, but his favorite is Zi Tongzhi Jian. 1954, when the great man talked with historian Wu Han, he said, "Zi Tongzhi Jian is well written. The narrative is organized and controls the ups and downs of the past dynasties. After reading this book, you can be familiar with historical events and learn from them. In his later years, he tore a Purple Tongzhi Sword by his bedside and had to "repair" it with transparent glue. This masterpiece of more than 3 million words has been repeatedly studied, annotated and browsed by great men 17 times.