Bai Yang's Plain Language Version of Zizhi Tongjian (Third Series: Wei and Jin Conflicts, Full Four Volumes)

Author: Sima Guang (compiled), Bo Yang (translated)
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Bo Yang's Colloquial Version of Zizhi Tongjian
Zizhi Tongjian is a monumental historical work that condenses the political dynamics and power struggles of ancient China. It has long been a must-read for emperors and kings seeking lessons from history to govern wisely. Nine hundred years later, Mr. Bo Yang spent a decade (1983-1993) translating it into modern language, personally redrawing maps, and infusing his own perspectives to discuss the causes of historical successes and failures. This made a history book originally intended only for emperors, kings, and generals so accessible to readers today. Bo Yang's Zizhi Tongjian was selected as Taiwan's "Most Influential Book of the Year" in 1983.