Beyond the Ordinary: Chinese Discourse, 1840-1999

Author: Yu Shicun
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Modern China has encountered a great transformation unseen in three thousand years. During this extraordinary period, there must be extraordinary words. This book adopts a style similar to The New Stories of the World, selecting historical fragments from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the post-liberation era. It records figures such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang, the key officials of the Tongzhi era; Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai, the heroic figures of the Xinhai Revolution; Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu, the pioneers of the New Culture Movement; Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek, the leaders of the Communist and Kuomintang parties; Qian Zhongshu and Chen Yinke, the traditional scholars; Li Ao and Wang Xiaobo, the literary warriors, and so on. It is divided into thirty-two sections: Historical Scenes, Political Affairs, Literary Realm, Martial Fortune, Revolution, Emergence, Human Discourse, Heroic Spirit, and Folly.