Newly Compiled Comprehensive History of China (Volume 1)

Author: Qiu Shusen, Chen Zhenjiang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: A New Compendium of Chinese History was compiled according to the Plan for the Selection of Teaching Materials for History Majors in Higher Education (1985-1990) formulated by the State Education Commission. This book is primarily aimed at first- and second-year students of history majors in universities, serving as a textbook for the two-year courses on Chinese history (including Ancient Chinese History, Modern Chinese History, and Contemporary Chinese History) for history majors. It also has certain applicability to other liberal arts majors. The study of history is a science that examines various historical phenomena that have occurred in human society and explores their patterns of origin and development. The materialist conception of history, a scientific theory of historical study from Marxism, is the only correct theoretical framework for understanding historical figures and events, as well as for demonstrating the laws of human historical development in accordance with objective reality. Therefore, the materialist conception of history is the sole correct theory for studying history. This book adheres to the materialist conception of history as its guiding principle.