A Comprehensive History of China (1-10)

Author: Fan Wenlan, Editor-in-Chief
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Features: Fan Wenlan is a contemporary recognized as a great historian and authority in the field of history. In the 1940s of this century, he wrote the first work in China to systematically narrate Chinese history from a Marxist perspective under the oil lamp in his cave dwelling—A Concise History of China. On July 20, 1968, Mao Zedong passed a message to Fan Wenlan: China needs a comprehensive history. Until a new approach is developed, continue writing according to your system and perspective. Before his death, Fan Wenlan completed the first four volumes of A Comprehensive History of China. After his passing, Cai Meibiao bravely took on this unfinished mission. This book, written over half a century, authentically portrays the historical trajectory of Chinese civilization. It represents the overall level of historical research in China. The arguments in the book are clear yet not biased, and the narration is detailed yet not overly. Although it is a rigorous academic work, it is highly readable and widely recognized as a work that appeals to both scholars and the general public. This volume includes the original from the primitive commune to the establishment of the centralized feudal state, the unification of the Qin Dynasty. It consists of five chapters, respectively narrating the political history, economic development, institutional evolution, and cultural and intellectual conditions of the primitive commune era, the Xia and Shang periods, the Western Zhou period, the Eastern Zhou period, and the Warring States period. The second volume includes the period from the Qin and Han dynasties to the unification of the Sui Dynasty. It consists of six chapters, respectively narrating the rise and fall of each dynasty, the economic, cultural, and interactions and integration between ethnic groups during the Qin Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Three Kingdoms period, Western Jin Dynasty, Sixteen Kingdoms period, Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Dynasties, and Northern Dynasties. The third volume is the first part of the third edition of A Comprehensive History of China, covering the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties period. It consists of three chapters. The first chapter narrates the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty and its economic and cultural conditions. The second chapter narrates the political and economic of the Tang Dynasty. The third chapter narrates the rise and fall of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period—five dynasties and ten separatist states—and the economic of this period. The fourth volume is the second part of the third edition of A Comprehensive History of China. It consists of chapters four, five, six, and seven. It narrates the political, economic, and cultural conditions of the Tubo Kingdom, the Uyghur Kingdom, the Nanzhou Kingdom, and the Dali Kingdom, as well as the cultural of the Tang and Five Dynasties period. The fifth volume is the first part of the fourth edition of A Comprehensive History of China, covering the Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan periods. It consists of two chapters. The first chapter narrates the establishment and southward migration of the Song Dynasty, i.e., the political and economic of the Northern Song Dynasty. The second chapter narrates the southward migration and decline of the Song Dynasty, i.e., the political and economic of the Southern Song Dynasty. The sixth volume is the second part of the fourth edition of A Comprehensive History of China. It consists of chapters three, four, and five. The third chapter narrates the Liao Dynasty, including the Western Liao Dynasty, its political, economic, and cultural conditions. The fourth chapter narrates the rise and fall of the Western Xia Dynasty and its economic and cultural conditions. The fifth chapter narrates the political history of the Jin Dynasty and its economic. The seventh volume is the third part of the fourth edition of A Comprehensive History of China. It consists of chapters six and seven. The sixth chapter narrates the political history, economic, and conditions of various ethnic groups under the Yuan Dynasty rule. The seventh chapter narrates the cultural of the Song, Jin, and Yuan periods, including Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, literary and artistic works, academic works, scientific and technological achievements, and cultural exchanges. The eighth volume is the first part of the fifth edition of A Comprehensive History of China, covering the Ming and Qing feudal period. It consists of two chapters. The first chapter narrates the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and the development of centralized rule, covering the political and economic of the Ming Dynasty from the reign of the Ming Taizu to the reign of the Ming Wuzong. The second chapter narrates the development of the commodity economy and the decline of the Ming Dynasty, covering the political and economic of the Ming Dynasty from the reign of the Ming Shizong to the reign of the Ming Shenzong. The ninth volume is the second part of the fifth edition of A Comprehensive History of China. It consists of chapters three and four. The third chapter comprehensively narrates the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the peasant wars, and the decline of the Ming Dynasty. The fourth chapter narrates the consolidation of the Qing Dynasty's rule and the establishment of its borders, i.e., the political of the Qing Dynasty from the reign of the Kangxi Emperor to the reign of the Shengzu Emperor. The tenth volume is the third part of the fifth edition of A Comprehensive History of China. It consists of chapters five, six, and seven. The fifth chapter narrates the political history of the Qianlong Emperor and the Renzong Emperor and the conditions of various ethnic groups under the Qing Dynasty rule. The sixth chapter narrates the economic. The seventh chapter narrates the cultural of the Ming Hongwu to the Qing Jiaqing period.