Chinese Soldiers (Text and Images) -- History Written by Everyone for Everyone

Author: Lei Haizong
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: What is history? It is to record the form and continuity of human society's activities, evaluate its overall achievements, seek causal relationships, and serve as a reference for the activities of modern people. — Liang Qichao Recalling his years at Tsinghua and Peking University, I benefited greatly from my teacher Lei's profound thoughts and his deep understanding of the negative aspects of traditional Chinese culture. At that time, my knowledge of Chinese history was limited, but I could already sense that behind Lei's depth there was blood and tears. Because only a truly patriotic historian would not hesitate to list the various weaknesses of traditional culture, trying to find answers to why such a long period of weakness had persisted for thousands of years, and why the great and glorious Chinese world had been partially or entirely conquered by barbarians multiple times, and was further bullied by the West and Japan in modern times. — Ho Peng-Yoke The main part of this book is Lei Haizong's famous and representative works China's Army and A Culture Without Arms. Research on the military system of China has been extensive, but Lei Haizong approached it from a different angle, exploring the spirit of military culture in Chinese culture, that is, the history and loss of martial virtue, which revealed many noteworthy characteristics of Chinese culture. More than 60 years later, reading it still provokes deep reflection.