The World of the Book of Songs (Chinese Stories from 1046 BC to 771 BC) -- A Story of China

Author: Yang Shanqun, Zheng Jiaren
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The Story of China is a comprehensive historical encyclopedia that integrates narrative text reading, exquisite and delicate image appreciation, and convenient and practical search functions. It contains countless fascinating scenic spots of Chinese history, woven together in a complex and interdependent manner, forming the splendid civilization of the Chinese nation over its 5,000 years.
At any moment, you can feel the charm of history and culture and the ingenuity of the editorial design—every page layout fully reflects the book's emphasis on narrative text, showcasing its characteristics as a historical encyclopedia: dense knowledge information, equal emphasis on text and images, and convenient searching. This allows readers to experience the charm of history and culture and the ingenuity of the editorial design on any page.
Guides, paragraph titles, and numbering help better understand the essence of the stories and make better use of them—To better understand the stories and apply them in real-life learning, this book provides three key elements for readers: story guides, paragraph titles, and story numbering. The story guide summarizes the key points of the story, while the paragraph titles are designed to help readers better grasp the essence of the stories and quickly obtain important information in a relaxed and convenient way. The story numbering is related to the search system.
Indexes of characters, allusions, and keywords are highly informative and practical—In each story, there are core content (i.e., story essence), characters, and allusions. This book extracts these three elements, labels them in the upper right corner of each story (along with the source), and compiles them into indexes at the end. The story numbering is linked to the three indexes at the back: "Characters," "Allusions," and "Keywords." The vast amount of information and practicality of the indexes are a major feature of this book.
Building a diverse and dense knowledge-based information network forms another important part of the book—With dense information, it compensates for the limitations of insufficient knowledge points in the narrative, achieving a high degree of unity between the emotional impact of the stories and the rational summary of historical knowledge. It allows readers to see both the trees and the forest; to enjoy the aesthetic pleasure borrowed from the stories while also exploring the great wisdom of history. The content in columns such as "Major Events in China," "Major Events in the World," "Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia," "Historical Examination," and picture captions are carefully selected and refined knowledge blocks, both the essence of historical knowledge and a broad reflection of "living" history, showcasing the social life and everyday experiences of ordinary people at the time. Complementing this is the convenient "Chinese Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia" search system.
An image system that reproduces historical reality—The images cover a wide range, deeply reproducing historical reality with delicate and unique viewing effects, vividly highlighting the development and changes in all aspects of social life in each different historical period. Through the vivid "stories behind the pictures," readers can appreciate the profound content they contain, making them a holographic image of history and culture.
With exquisite text and images, The Story of China vividly and vividly portrays the most precious national spirit and the ever-renewing cultural traditions of the Chinese nation. After looking at this guide map, you can begin a delightful journey through Chinese cultural and historical heritage.