Bai Yang's Plain Language Version of Zizhi Tongjian: Volume 3. Wei and Jin Conflicts (Complete 4 Volumes)

Author: Sima Guang (compiled), Bao Yang (translated)
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Bao 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 rulers to learn from history and govern wisely. Nine hundred years later, Mr. Bao Yang spent ten years (1983–1993) translating it into modern language, personally redrawing maps, and infusing his own perspectives to discuss the causes of historical success and failure. This made a history book originally intended only for emperors and generals so accessible to readers today. Bao Yang's Zizhi Tongjian was selected as Taiwan's "Most Influential Book of the Year" in 1983.