Conflict and Fusion

Author: Hu Shaoyang, Sui Zhou (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Late Qing history, a painful reflection. A vast ancient nation, the noble China, once fell into such a state due to accumulated poverty and weakness, provoking deep contemplation! When people place it within the long river of civilization development and the coordinates of the world, conclusions seem easier to draw. The Late Qing era is not far from our time, with abundant historical materials. This book weaves together historical events and documents, making the context clearer; collects old photographs and exquisite images, 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; despite its limitations, it serves as a reminder—to learn from the past to understand the present, and to look back to open the future. As the saying goes:
The West Wind shattered the Qing dream in its twilight,
The Eastern Pavilion's doors opened, startling a new sky.
Reading old history in a new way reveals its flavor,
Viewing the flowers from a high place makes their colors even fresher.