Bad temper of history

Author: Zhang Ming
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: A popularized historical perspective from professionals, full of irreverence, a subversion of history, and a refusal to show the ugly side of a beautiful peacock! Wu Si said: Zhang Ming's historical accounts always simplify the complex, wise, clear, and eye-catching. This book portrays the diverse faces of recent historical figures and examines the inherent flaws in Chinese history. Warlords have personalities: thinkers and intellectuals create history, but so do warlords, bandits, gang leaders, and various rural talents. Faces of recent historical figures: Empress Dowager Cixi's understanding and submission are all foreign, yet she is like Mussolini to the Chinese, always right, suppressing reforms is justified, reversing history is also correct, and later reforms are right. The bad temper of history: It is easy to eliminate bandits in the mountains but hard to eliminate inner demons. The successful become kings, and the defeated become thieves, but emperors are also thieves. The uncertain path: If we exclude bandits, thugs, and members of the "third society," scholars are likely closer to prisons than others. The more talented a person is, the greater the danger seems. The world of commoners: With the privatization of the flower industry, the famous and aspiring scholars who frequented it became freer. After indulging in light singing and casual encounters, rating and commenting on the ladies became a timeless and elegant pursuit for scholars, leading to the creation of the "flower list."