Differences and Relations between Ancient History and Modern History of China

Difference: The ancient history of China refers to the history before the Opium War, and the modern history refers to the history from the Opium War to the May 4th Movement.

The former China contains primitive society, slave society and feudal society, which is the history of China's own national development and reflects the internal contradictions and development of the nation and society. The latter China has gradually become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, a history of China's contact with the world and a history of China people's struggle with their own feudalism and foreign colonialism.

Contact: China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, China's feudal society was invaded by foreign colonialism for more than two thousand years, that is, the modern history of China was born on the basis of the ancient history of China.