Very Dao (Chinese discourse from 1840 to 1999)

Author: Yu Shicun (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Modern China has experienced a major upheaval unseen in three thousand years. In this extraordinary period, there must be extraordinary words. This book, in a style similar to The New Stories of the World, selects historical fragments from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the post-liberation era. It records the prominent officials of the Tongzhi era, represented by figures like Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang; the heroic figures of the Xinhai Revolution, represented by Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai; the pioneers of the New Culture Movement, represented by Hu Shih and Chen Duxiu; the two major parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, represented by Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek; the traditional scholars, represented by Qian Zhongshu and Chen Yinke; the literary warriors, represented by Li Ao and Wang Xiaobo, and so on. It is divided into thirty-two sections: Historical Scenes, Political Affairs, Literary Garden, Martial Fortune, Revolution, Emergence, Human Commentary, Heroic Spirit, and Folly.
Modern China has experienced a major upheaval unseen in three thousand years. In this extraordinary period, there must be extraordinary words. This book, in a style similar to The New Stories of the World, selects historical fragments from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the post-liberation era. It records the prominent officials of the Tongzhi era, represented by figures like Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang; the heroic figures of the Xinhai Revolution, represented by Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai; the pioneers of the New Culture Movement, represented by Hu Shih and Chen Duxiu; the two major parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, represented by Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek; the traditional scholars, represented by Qian Zhongshu and Chen Yinke; the literary warriors, represented by Li Ao and Wang Xiaobo, and so on. It is divided into thirty-two sections: Historical Scenes, Political Affairs, Literary Garden, Martial Fortune, Revolution, Emergence, Human Commentary, Heroic Spirit, and Folly.