Chinese soldiers (image and text)

Author: Lei Haizong
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: What is history? It is to record the form and continuity of human society's activities, evaluate its overall achievements, seek causal relationships, and serve as a reference for the activities of modern people. — Liang Qichao Recalling his years at Tsinghua and Peking University, I benefited greatly from Professor Lei's profound ideas and his deep understanding of the negative aspects of traditional Chinese culture. At that time, my knowledge of Chinese history was limited, but I could already sense that behind Professor Lei's depth lay blood and tears. Only a truly patriotic historian would spare no effort in listing the weaknesses of traditional culture, seeking to explain why such a long period of weakness had persisted for millennia and why the great Chinese civilization had repeatedly been partially or completely conquered by barbarian tribes, and later subjected to oppression by the West and Japan in modern times. — Ho Ping-ti The main part of this book is Lei Haizong's famous and representative works, China's Army and A Culture Without Arms. Research on China's military system has been extensive, but Lei Haizong approached it from a different angle, exploring the spirit of military culture in Chinese culture, which is the history of wude (martial virtue) and its decline. This reveals many noteworthy characteristics of Chinese culture. Sixty years later, reading it still provokes deep reflection.