Zizhi Tongjian (Luxury Collector's Edition) 6

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Publisher: Beijing Yan Shan Press
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Features: The Zizhi Tongjian is the largest and most comprehensive compiled chronicle in the history of China. Compiled by Sima Guang, a renowned minister and scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, it took nineteen years to complete. The book comprises 294 volumes, covering events from the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC) to the 6th year of Xiande of the Later Zhou (959 AD), spanning a total of 1,362 years. The content of Zizhi Tongjian focuses on politics, military affairs, and ethnic relations, as well as economy, culture, and evaluations of historical figures. Its purpose is to serve as a warning to the world by describing the policies of the ruling class that affect the prosperity or decline of nations and the rise or fall of ethnic groups. The General Catalogue of the Four Treasures of the Library praises Zizhi Tongjian as "extremely comprehensive and profound, unparalleled in ancient times."