History of Northeast China. Six volumes.

Author: Tong Dong
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The land of Northeast China is a beautiful and prosperous, indivisible part of the motherland's territory; the ethnic groups of Northeast China are brothers and sisters who have been living together and are closely connected since ancient times in the great family of the Chinese nation; the history of Northeast China has been an integral chapter of China's official history since the "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Records of the Han Dynasty" by Sima Qian. Therefore, the title of this book is "History of Northeast China" to clarify the meaning of Northeast China and highlight the purpose of this book. "History of Northeast China" is a specialized local history that attempts to elaborate on the history of Northeast China from ancient times to the present in a comprehensive and systematic manner. The book covers the period from the appearance of "Miaohou Mountain Man" around 400,000 to 500,000 years ago to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It is divided into six volumes: Volume I narrates the history of Northeast China from the primitive society to the Northern and Southern Dynasties period; Volume II narrates the history of Northeast China from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Liao and Jin dynasties; Volume III and IV narrate the history of Northeast China from the Yuan and Ming dynasties to the early Qing Dynasty; Volume V narrates the history of Northeast China from 1840 to 1919; Volume VI narrates the history of Northeast China from 1919 to 1949. The entire book is 4.5 million words.