Please recommend some good history books, such as those things in the Ming Dynasty, stealing the Ming and so on, thank you eh!

"So this is the Spring and Autumn" (the only dynasty that can't be missed)!!!!!

If you ask the question, which dynasty in Chinese history is the most indispensable? If we can only leave one dynasty behind, which one should be left behind?

The Qing Dynasty? Zero points; Ming Dynasty? Zero points; Song Dynasty? 1 point; Tang Dynasty? 2 points; Han Dynasty? 3 points, close to the answer.

The correct answer is: Spring and Autumn and Warring States, also known as the Eastern Zhou.

Why? You'll know if you know the Spring and Autumn period.

Without the Spring and Autumn period, you probably wouldn't know your last name, because more than half of China's surnames were formed in the Spring and Autumn period. Go through the "Hundred Surnames" to understand how many surnames have old ancestors who were Spring and Autumn people. Zhao Qian, Sun and Li, Zhou Wu and Zheng Wang, without the Spring and Autumn, there would be no Hundred Surnames.

If there is no Spring and Autumn, you may not know who your ancestor is, because the ancestors of more than half of China's industries came from the Spring and Autumn. Lu Ban was the grandfather of carpenters, everyone knows that. What else? The grandmasters of restaurants, the grandmasters of readers, the grandmasters of chefs, the grandmasters of salt dealers, even the grandmasters of sex workers, etc., all turned out to be from the Spring and Autumn.

Without the Spring and Autumn, we wouldn't know what to read for thousands of years, and we wouldn't know what propriety, justice, honesty, and shame mean, because Confucius came from the Spring and Autumn.

If there were no Spring and Autumn, we wouldn't know what Taoism means, and likewise there would be no Tao Te Ching, because Lao Tzu was from Spring and Autumn.

If there were no Spring and Autumn, we wouldn't know what the rule of law means, because Guan Zi, the originator of Legalism, was a Spring and Autumn man.

If there were no Spring and Autumn, we wouldn't know how to win battles, because Sun Wu, the author of Sun Tzu's Art of War, was a Spring and Autumn man.

If there were no Spring and Autumn, we would not be able to write vividly, because more than half of the idiomatic allusions come from Spring and Autumn stories.

It seems that, without Spring and Autumn, there would be no Chinese civilization now.

This is not alarmist talk, it's the truth.

Aren't we coming under the shade of our Spring and Autumn ancestors for thousands of years?

We have always belittled the great history of the Spring and Autumn period, and have always thought that it was a period of chaos, but in fact it is precisely because of this history that we have been left with the most glorious legacy in the history of mankind.

Only by understanding the Spring and Autumn period can you realize how great your ancestors were, and how great they were, absolutely beyond your imagination. Of course, there are also people whose desolation is equally beyond your imagination.

After the great Duke of Zhou laid the foundation of Chinese civilization, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period served as an arena for a hundred schools of thought to contend with each other, giving countless heroes the opportunity to express themselves.

From the endurance of Duke Zhuang of Zheng to that of King Goujian of Yue, you can find out how valuable the endurance of the Chinese nation is; from Guan Zhong's assisting Duke Huan of Qi in his hegemony to Fan Li's helping the Yue to destroy Wu, you can see the art of governance of our ancestors; from Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" to Confucius's "Four Books and Five Classics", you can see that the ancient people had a lot to offer. ", you can see how the ancient people's attitude of dealing with the world and learning is brilliant; from Sun Tzu's Art of War to Shang Yang's Change of Law, you can see the different paths to national wealth and strength.

Spring and Autumn period, the state relations and the international situation is so close to today, the weak and strong annexation of the vassals is full of shamelessness and violence, the good of Qin and Jin behind the betrayal of trust and justice, Jin and Chu battle for supremacy in the Central Plains of the magnificent war scene is no less than any other war since then, the name of the "hostage to the feudal lords", "one country, one state", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country", "one country". "

The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night.

Of course, there were also the four brothers of Zheng who killed each other, the crane-breeding Duke Wei, the incestuous Duke Xiang of Qi, the stupid benevolent and moralist Duke Xiang of Song, the ambitious Qingfu, and so on, and so on, all kinds of people and events filled the infinite and wonderful historical stage.

Who were the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period? Duke Huan of Qi? Duke Wen of Jin? King Zhuang of Chu? Benevolence, integrity, force, what is the first element to dominate the world? Spring and Autumn will tell you.

The Spring and Autumn Period is also wonderful because he is true, everyone's true side of the real record, then the historian is enough to deter the king, do not need to whitewash for anyone, do not need to distort history for anyone, which is unlike the later Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, the historian, leaving a whole lot of mystery to the future generations.

Spring and Autumn period, there are civil wars, there are foreign wars, more than two hundred years, the war is close to two hundred times, the elimination of nearly one hundred countries. The wars not only tested the Chinese nation, but also tempered it. It was a period of China's most violent foreign expansion, with Qi heading east, Jin heading north, Chu heading south and Qin heading west. The expansion of the four major powers made the Chinese territory at least double in size, laying the foundation for the huge territory China has today.

Most of us only know that there was one sage in China, Sage Confucius. But the history of the Spring and Autumn Period tells you who the sage Confucius had in mind, one was the Duke of Zhou and the other was Guan Zhong. Mrs. Kung was right, he was nothing but a small fry compared to the Duke of Zhou and Guan Zhong.

The Duke of Zhou laid the foundation of Chinese civilization. The rule of the state by virtue and the rule of law began with him, and the political atheism of "virtue with heaven" also began with him, and the foundation of China's social system was laid down by him. And Guan Zhong carried forward the ideas of the Duke of Zhou, who was the founder of Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, Military Science, etc. You may not believe it now, but after understanding the Spring and Autumn Period, you can't help but believe it.

What is people-oriented? What is people-oriented? What is a harmonious society? Guan Zhong will tell you all.

Not only that, Guan Zhong also tells you what is the cabinet responsibility system, how to control inflation, how to protect the environment, how to implement compulsory education, how to protect the freedom of speech, how to realize the social security and welfare system ......

When you see this, you will sigh and be surprised, that's because before you did not understand the Spring and Autumn.

It is worth mentioning that this great saint of saints was a deserter, a veritable "pipe runner". But that doesn't detract from his greatness. Also, one of the greatest friendships in history is the "Guan Bao friendship", which can definitely make you feel a lot of emotions.

Confucius said, "Without Guan Zhong, we would be hairless, naked, and slaves to the barbarians.

Some people have commented that China declined because it honored Confucius rather than Guan Zhong.

If Confucius were alive, he would have recognized this, for he was an honest man.

Aren't we passionate about nationalism?

What is national education?

Nationalism is Spring and Autumn.

Isn't it?

Isn't it?

Knowing Spring and Autumn, you will surely recognize this.

This book "So This Is Spring and Autumn" is more than good, it's great!!!! You won't regret reading it! It's just like Those Things in the Ming Dynasty!

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The Bleeding Road

The Bleeding Road is a thrilling read that not only talks about history and the wisdom of the people, but also about the history of the people who lived there. It is not the kind of historical work that seems to have little to do with us, nor is it a popular book that can be found everywhere, but through the description of historical images, the reader is inspired and rewarded.

Since ancient times, it has been recognized that Li Si was a complex man. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi, a famous thinker, said in his Commentary on the Outline of the History of the Later Qin Dynasty that Li Si was "a saint or a devil, and could not be easily commented on". It can be seen that Li Si is not a simple person, one or two words can not be clear.

There is a spirit of upward mobility in Bleeding Rites, a spirit that makes one's heart pound and is unstoppable. As Hu Shi said: Li Si's idea of "to be" has influenced millions of intellectuals in China! I think, maybe not only the narrow sense of "intellectuals", now civil servants, managers, bosses, students, etc., read Cao Sheng this book, will benefit greatly.

Li Si, a man of cloth, was over thirty years old, and his future was bleak; he traveled west to Qin, and almost died. Later, by chance, he became one of the 3,000 disciples of Qin's prime minister, Lu Buwei; he also risked killing his head to win the trust of the Qin king. In the years that followed, S was entrusted to the king, and he was careful and patient, helping the king of Qin to intervene between the six countries, cut down the important ministers, seize the military power, and shock the royal family, and pushing the young man Winzheng step by step to the top of the power. In the face of the super-tough Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and in the midst of rivals such as Lu Buwei and Lao Ai, Li Si bides his time and builds up his power, and unknowingly rises to become a decisive figure in the Qin Dynasty. The book is a true testament to the history of the world, as if it was written by Cao Sheng.

The Bleeding Heart

The Chinese workplace rules that have remained unchanged for thousands of years are analyzed

Li Si, as everyone on earth knows, is the number two person in the Qin Empire after Qin Shi Huang, and the number one prime minister in China for the past thousands of years. He and Qin Shi Huang swept away the Six Harmonies and unified the written word, accomplishing the "impossible task" in Chinese history and influencing the course of Chinese history for more than 2,000 years.

There are many different opinions about his life.

Some say he was good. In Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian," he wrote about the "popular opinion" of the time, saying that Li Si died because he was "extremely loyal. Some people said he was bad, also in the "Records of the Grand Historian", Sima Qian put the hat of "rat philosophy" on Li Si's head, and this cover is for thousands of years, from then on, Li Si became a so-called speculator.

But what makes me wonder is that a person who has gone through thirty-four years of arduous and outstanding career, step by step towards the position of a minister, such a legendary figure, is really a speculator? If this is considered speculation, then the process of speculation is also too long! Can a speculator endure for so many years? One more thing, a precarious little man, facing a strong emperor of the ages like Qin Shi Huang, could he finally rise to power just by speculation?

This book I recently came across, "A Bleeding Career? Li Si and the Qin Empire," finally unveiled the secret in my mind about Li Si's life of survival on the treacherous career path. Survival on the career path can also be described as survival in the workplace, except that this workplace is not comparable to the workplace we face in our daily lives. If we can't do a good job, we lose our jobs; if the Li Si people can't do a good job, they lose their heads. This kind of work, Li Si did is really vomit heart and blood, almost for us to accumulate a set of diamond version of the "ancient workplace MBA teaching materials". Therefore, the "bleeding career" book, in fact, not only in the history, but also in the word between the lines about people, do some core issues.

When Li Si was young, he was just a small official who managed the granary in Shang Cai, a small city in Chu, eating all day and doing nothing. As Cao Sheng, the author of this book, puts it, Li Si, in his early twenties, out of his sensitivity to the value of life and anxiety about his individual existence, finally walked out of the small town of Shang Cai to Xianyang, the capital of Qin, and began to take risks for his dreams and fight for his destiny, and ultimately jumped from the poverty-stricken clothes to become the prime minister of the Qin Empire, influencing the political pattern of the future of China for more than 2,000 years.

Li Si's move is similar to that of a modern young man who suddenly decides to leave his hometown and start "drifting north. In this book, author Cao Sheng tells the story of how Li Si, after he started his "Qin drift", managed to squeeze into one of the 3,000 disciples of the then Qin prime minister Lu Buwei, and how he risked his head to win the trust of the young Ying Zheng, who carefully took orders from the king, and behind the scenes, he helped the king to intervene between the six kingdoms, cut down the important ministers, take over the military, and shake up the royal family, and push the young man to the top. The story is based on the story of a young man who was forced to take a step towards the top of the heap of power. ...... Li Si himself, faced with a super-tough boss, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and surrounded by rivals such as Lu Buwei and Lao Zhi Ai (嫪毐), has risen to become the decisive figure of the Great Qin.

Throughout the book, Li Si was a man who insisted on doing only two things in his life.

First, he insisted on providing "value-added services" to the big boss, Qin Shi Huang. From the time when Emperor Qin Shi Huang was not yet an adult, Li Si firmly chose to stand beside him and support him from a long-term perspective. Li Si was thirty-three years old when he started his career, so he was too old and had a low starting point. If he did not seize the opportunity to climb up the ladder, he might not have the chance to do so in the future. However, Li Si preferred to wait! Why did Li Si wait? Because he felt that only Emperor Qin Shi Huang was reliable. If he followed Lu Buwei, he would only have a momentary glory, but ultimately he would not have a great future. Li Si resisted many temptations, preferring to work behind the scenes for the young king in obscurity, building up his strength and eventually accomplishing great things, and winning the trust of Qin Shi Huang for the rest of his life.

Secondly, Li Si always knew exactly what his competitors were thinking. In Bloodshed, the author recounts this point quite brilliantly: "His study of Lu Buwei was so thorough that he was fully qualified to open a lecture on Lu in any university in the world, and I can guarantee that even Lu Buwei himself would be eager to come and listen to the lecture, and would not be able to miss a single class." Li Si entered the civil service as a small person, and faced such a strong competitor as Lu Buwei, if he did not fully understand each other, the possibility of Li Si replacing him, not to say zero, that is not even dare to dream of things. But Li Si not only thought, but also did. The reason for doing it, the key lies in his extremely clear rival will go down one day, and he himself, and when to appear.

In addition to his lifelong insistence on doing the above two things, Li Si had another point, which is even more admirable, and that is decision-making.

A road to success is really a string of good decisions.

Don't take every decision lightly, because behind every failed decision, you may lose the chance of turning over again from then on! One of the characteristics of Li Si's decision-making is that every decision he makes is always "future-oriented" rather than "immediate". He did not follow Gan Luo, who was secretly killed by Lu Buwei; he did not follow Lu Buwei, who was finally killed by the First Emperor of Qin; he did not follow Lao Ai, who rebelled and was personally executed by Li Si. ...... In short, before the death of the First Emperor of Qin, almost all of Li Si's decisions were right. It is these almost all right decision, created this miracle: let Li Si from a piece of cloth, jump for the Qin Empire first prime minister position.

However, in the Dune Conspiracy, Li Si was forced to install Hu Hai as the emperor in his battle with Zhao Gao, and the Qin Empire was destroyed, making Li Si one of the most controversial figures in history. I prefer to think: this is fate. No matter who was appointed as the emperor at that time, Li Si would not have a good time. If you want to blame him, you should blame Qin Shi Huang for dying too early, and for having his queue cut off while he was traveling. I think Li Si, at that time, had already been terrified in his heart. In the career, those who did not think of a way out for themselves in advance would usually die a miserable death. But Emperor Qin Shi Huang was only 50 years old, how could Li Si dare to think of a way out for himself? If Li Si wanted to think of a way out, how could Emperor Qin Shi Huang still trust him? That's why I say: Li Si's death is a matter of fate.

The book "The Bleeding Path" is about the rise of a small man, and it's written in a way that makes sense of it all. He is not only writing about history, but also about Chinese culture; he is a book of history and a book of anthropology. Therefore, it is not without reason that this book is so sought after in the community, in the organization, in the workplace, and there are many people who buy dozens of copies to give away. This reasoning is that "Bleeding Servitude" can tell you how to do things and make choices correctly in an intricate and complicated environment.

Traditional Chinese culture is profound and profound, although there are essence and dregs in it, but one thing is certain: they are all irreplaceable by foreign cultures. Doing things in China, the mystery of which must not be learned in modern management. If you do things in China strictly according to modern management science, sorry, the one who suffers is definitely you. And "bleeding career" this good-looking book, not only can let you read from the positive history of the thrilling history, but also let you learn you usually in the management book can not see in the world to do things skills.

No wonder real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi said of the book: "Bleeding Heart" is a thrilling read, not only about history and the wisdom of its predecessors, but also about human nature!

The Fifteenth Year of the Ten Thousand Calendar

There was an incident in 1976 that deserves to be recounted from the past. In the summer of that year, Mr. Huang Renyu, a Chinese-American historian, completed in English his book that later influenced the world, "1587, an inconsequential year", which was translated into Chinese as "Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar". Unexpectedly, such a book manuscript, in order to find the publication of a few setbacks, delayed for many years before the English version published by Yale University in 1979.

And the Chinese version was also reviewed several times and resurrected as late as 1982 when it was published by the China Bookstore. When the two different versions of the history book hit the market, it became a bestseller in both the East and West, and was talked about in many articles and had a wide impact. After reading this book, most of the sighs of praise, summed up in one sentence, that is, "the original history can be written in this way," the reason must be that few people observe history in this way, of course, few people write history in this way. "Social coercion is used as a substitute for justice, always exerting pressure from the top down" became a famous quote in the book, which was repeated and quoted. Mr. Huang Renyu was fifty-eight that year, thirty years ago.

Featuredly, "Fifteen Years of the Ten Thousand Calendar" connects seemingly minor details, easily overlooked by historians, in an orderly manner, and in a scene of prosperity, it finds those subtle and banal entanglements, which became historical triggers for the upheaval of the later days and proved that the political chaos was a man-made disaster.

In this book, we read Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Shen Shixing, Li Zhi and other people's behavior, leaving an impact on history, and can be seen in the role of individuals in history. Although the country is at peace, Hai Rui still dared to criticize the Emperor Jiajing in a public report "vanity, cruelty, selfishness, suspicion, stupidity", which requires fearless courage, as well as knowledge of the independent personality.

The traditional sense of our nation as a people who regarded honor and justice as more important than life prompted a few insightful people to become role models for their time and for future generations at a critical juncture in the era.

Correcting Western Perceptions from a Historical Perspective

The authors themselves have talked a bit about this book. Here are a few excerpts from the Preface to know the author's writing and cognitive attitude: "This book, Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar, intends to illustrate the historical background of the traditions of Chinese society in the sixteenth century, that is to say, the flanking formations that existed when they had not yet clashed with the world trend.

With such a great historical failure, it can be guaranteed that the conflict has been opened, and the restoration of the old state will never be possible, thus leaving China a chance to turn the world upside down and create history completely." This is actually a long story. "This is actually a long story short, Mr. Huang Renyu in the book, but also left a lot of historical commentary:" China to replace the law with morality, I have criticized very thoroughly. But there are still many Westerners who think that Western law is the root of morality. This misunderstanding, too, needs to be criticized.

For example, the so-called 'freedom' and 'democracy' in the West are abstract concepts. They must be understood in the context of the geography and history of each country. Mr. Wong's vision is based on a historical perspective," he said.

The latest edition of this "updated commemorative edition" includes a book review, "Wanli: The Long Age of Idleness," by the renowned American writer Updike (translated by Huang as "Ou Po-tai"), which appeared in The New Yorker. Translated by Mr. Xu Weidong, the article is written without the usual foreign-language accent, and the words and phrases in the translation are fluent and appropriate. One of the most insightful passages in the review text is: "This book is the equivalent of a lawsuit. In short, the bureaucrats of the empire are so intent on maintaining tradition and stability that they have lost their initiative, even at the cost of acting unjustly." Updike has been a veteran of the American literary scene for decades. He has not studied the history of China's Ming dynasty, but his words are pertinent: "Mr. Huang tells us that the Ming dynasty was characterized by 'a reliance on ideology as a means of domination; ideology pervaded every aspect of the empire, and was unprecedented in its intensity and breadth.' " Viewed with today's eyes, there were many reasons for the inevitable demise of the Ming dynasty, but the most important factor, again, was the centralized emperor.

Twisted publication

The book, which took thirty years to complete, was published with a few twists and turns. This story was written by Huang Renyu in the article "<15 years of the Wanli calendar> and my view of history", recounting the unpredictable. When the Chinese version was forwarded by Huang Miaozi to the China Bookstore, it was handed over to Fu Xuanzheng, the responsible editor at the time, and was rhetorically embellished by Shen Yucheng to become what we read today. Mr. Fu and Mr. Shen are both experts in classical literature, and both worked for the China Book Council. Later, Fu Xuan-Theng became the editor-in-chief of the China Book Council, and Shen Yucheng went to the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. To say a few more words, Mr. Shen has long since passed away, and his articles were compiled into Shen Yucheng Wencun (Shen Yucheng's Literature), published by the China Bookstore. To these two for the publication of the fifteenth year of the ten thousand calendars, we have only admiration and deep gratitude to Mr. Shen Yucheng.

Here we may talk about the Chinese version of the book in Taiwan. About two years after the Chinese version was published on the mainland by the China Publishing House, in 1984, Mr. Tao Xisheng obtained authorization for the Taiwan edition from the China Publishing House. Mr. Tao was a student of Hu Shi, participated in the May Fourth Movement in his early years, studied Chinese social history during the Republic of China period, published a work entitled "History of Chinese Political Thought", founded the semi-monthly magazine "Food", and took part in a number of major historical events, and was a famous politician. He was a famous statesman. He naturally valued this historical work on the political and social history of China's Ming Dynasty. Tao was 86 years old in that year, and still strived to print the traditional Chinese version of "The Fifteenth Year of the Wanli Calendar" in his own Food Publishing House, with the text remaining unchanged according to the mainland version, which was supposed to be the first version on Taiwan Island. In the following eight years, 25 brushes of the first edition were printed. After the change of the second edition, extended to this year, there are records of another 50 printings, this total **** 75 printings in the end how many printings, really can not be counted, but only from this to see the popularity of the book.

The back of the food version of the book, added a "Tao Xisheng reading notes - the end of the centralized monarchy", a general discussion of the political system in Chinese history, the line is not long.

According to Mr. Tao, the author's letter to the author of this after-reading is "to add a line or two of text or inscription at the beginning of the volume". In front of Tao's article, there is a comment, which is very interesting: "Dr. Huang Renyu's book, with the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign as a fixed point, choose a few characters and a few public cases, randomly write, while narrating and discussing, will have the Ming dynasty's social, political, economic and ideological, as if a string of rosary beads, chained up, so that the reader from beginning to end, one by one, can not bear to let go of the number of. It is no wonder that this modest English-language work, together with several language translations, has become a bestseller in literature and history today." The quote is here, the mainland readers to take a few more points of the book's understanding only.

China's earliest history and literature book, it can be said that the reason why there are now so many, like the "Ming Dynasty those things" such history and literature books, are thanks to him, counting on the historical literature book of the founding fathers!