2005 China Literary and Historical Essence Annual Selection

Author: Xiang Jidong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: History is like a multifaceted mirror or a towering mountain range. "Viewed from the front, it appears as ridges; viewed from the side, it becomes peaks." To discern its true face, one must observe it from near and far, high and low. Although the results may inevitably be one-sided, it is precisely these "one-sided" perspectives that, when combined, allow us to glimpse its "comprehensiveness." The "2005 China Literary and Historical Essence Annual Selection" I have compiled is not history itself, but rather fragments of history—these fragments, when pieced together, only reveal a certain dimension of history; at most, they represent an accumulation of historical materials, providing texts that may be of reference for researchers of the 20th century. Of course, I would also like to remind people not to easily believe what "historians write about history." It is better to think and judge for oneself rather than blindly follow the crowd.
This book is divided into five sections, including oral records, personal recollections, and the historical consciousness of intellectuals, among others. I believe careful readers will naturally find reasons for this division. The criteria for selecting articles: either they contain new materials or new insights, and naturally, they should also be more appealing to readers—buying this book, reading it without regret, keeping it on the desk for a long time, occasionally flipping through it, and prompting oneself to think about how we have arrived at where we are today.