(Illustrated Full-Color Edition with 1 Disc Attached)

Author: Ji Jianghong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Exquisite and unique bronze artifacts, lifelike portraits of emperors and officials, majestic and magnificent Terracotta Army, Dunhuang Mogao Caves, solemn and grand Forbidden City.
Learn the spirit of founding emperors who devoted their lives to achieving great deeds, the lofty ambitions of loyal ministers and generals who served their countries with dedication, the virtue of ancient sages and Confucian scholars, and the rigorous and realistic academic attitude of literary and artistic masters.
Discover how the 600-li-long Palace of Fragrance was destroyed and where its ruins are today, why the was ashamed to face his Jiangdong compatriots, why Zhuge Liang did not usurp Liu Shan, why Li Shimin loved the people like a son yet killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate, and the true reasons behind the Qing Dynasty's crushing defeat in the Opium War.
From the legendary Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns to the collapse of feudal society, this book comprehensively records the development process of the Chinese nation over thousands of years. Over 1,500 stunning images, combined with rigorous and eloquent historical narratives, present to you a historical panorama of the Chinese nation and the rise and fall of a great civilization.