Pioneer of Enlightenment Literature -- Gong Zizhen. A Study of Cao Xueqin

Author: Zou Jinxian
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Evaluating history from an economic and material perspective naturally garners more support; moreover, the level of economic and material development is indeed the standard by which most historians judge the level of human civilization. This point can be verified by opening any history book. However, in China today, 20 years after 1978, I prefer to evaluate history from a different perspective—this perspective is the thoughts and aspirations of people.