Zen Riddle (1840-1949: An Alternative Portrait of the Chinese People)

Author: Du Yu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Modern China faced internal turmoil and external pressures, with a decade of change, making it an exceptionally turbulent period. Its ups and downs were beyond the scope of mainstream history and ordinary experience. The editor focuses on the fragments of historical expressions, using details to reflect the essence, and small incidents to glimpse larger figures. It is precisely these micro-behaviors that triggered a series of reforms, leading to China's rapid transformation over the century. In this book, the familiar grand narrative disappears, replaced only by small events, small characters, and even rumors. Perhaps it is these fragments, anecdotes, and minor details that provide us with a clear historical narrative, revealing hidden truths, allowing us to intuitively grasp the opportunities for revolution, uncover the mysteries of history, and glimpse the alternative face of China in the past century. This book captures the actions, thoughts, and fragments of various figures during the extraordinary period of modern times, organized around historical themes such as melancholy winds, twilight, reform, republic, enlightenment, formidable figures, revolution, national crisis, resistance, and liberation. Its history to details, brings characters back to their humanity, and allows us to witness the fluctuations of a hundred years of China, in the hope of discovering the hidden driving forces that changed the course of history. The methodology of historical analysis in this book is ingenious and serves as a unique text for peering into the truth of history.