The Book of Han: Idioms and Legends

Author: Li Xiaodong
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Combining knowledge, fun, and practicality, these works not only popularize historical knowledge but also explain many idiomatic allusions still commonly used today. Compared to other current idiomatic works, they are truly unique, possessing distinct features and advantages. In the two books, "Idiomatic Allusions" and "Idiomatic Allusions," the author uses approximately 300,000 words in each volume, telling over 200 stories through more than 700 idioms. The main characters involved are over 220 in the first book and over 150 in the second, bringing the era's dynamics and historical figures from before the Western Han Dynasty and during the Western Han period to life across two millennia. These two works take idiomatic allusions from the "Records of the Grand Historian" and the "Book of Han" as their focal points. Combining knowledge, fun, and practicality, these works not only popularize historical knowledge but also explain many idiomatic allusions still commonly used today. Compared to other current idiomatic works, they are truly unique, possessing distinct features and advantages.