Conflict and Convergence (Visualizing the Late Qing in the World Order)

Author: Huaoxiang, Sui Zhou (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Late Qing history, a painful reflection. A vast ancient nation, a dignified China, once fell into such a state due to accumulated poverty and weakness, provoking deep contemplation! When people place it in the long river of civilization and on the coordinates of the world order for observation, conclusions seem easier to draw. The Late Qing era is not distant from us, with abundant historical materials. This book weaves together historical events and documents, making the context clearer; collects old photographs and exquisite illustrations, allowing the past to be directly witnessed; takes a macro perspective to broaden the scope of historical observation; starts with comparison to open a rational perspective for evaluation; employs prose style to make historical works more readable; breaks through the barriers of time and space to reveal the connections between historical phenomena. All of these are done with one purpose—inventing a new path for reading history; and with one aspiration—as a modest contribution to understanding the present by learning from the past, and to opening the way forward. As the saying goes:
The western wind shattered the late Qing dream,
The eastern pavilion opens to a startling new sky.
Reading old history in a new way reveals its flavor,
Viewing the scenery from a higher vantage point makes it even more vivid.