1. Five Thousand Years of China (book published by China Drama Publishing House in 2010), our great motherland has a very long history. According to ancient tradition, there is about four thousand years of history from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the present, which is usually called "the upper and lower five thousand years". There were many myths and historical stories circulated during this period.
2. "Cambridge History of China", ***16 volumes, each volume is edited by a well-known scholar, and each chapter in the volume is written by well-researched experts, reflecting the level and trends of foreign Chinese history research . Volumes 12 and 13 discuss the history of the Republic of China. It has high reference value in terms of historical research perspectives and fields.
3. "Chinese Historical and Human Geography", the first chapter of the book is divided into 10 chapters, which systematically discusses the overview of human geography in China's historical period.
The main contents include ethnic groups and territories, administrative divisions and changes, distribution and changes of political centers, population distribution and changes, agricultural development and regional characteristics, industrial and mining distribution and development, cities and transportation, and commercial development. and spatial layout, as well as the geographical and historical background of the formation of historical and cultural landscapes, etc. This book is a representative monograph in the field of historical and human geography research in my country. It is an academic masterpiece for understanding the past, understanding the present, and looking forward to the future.
4. The Twenty-Four Histories is the general name for the twenty-four historical books written by various dynasties in ancient China. Since the writing method of "Historical Records" was accepted by previous dynasties as a formal historical writing technique, and Historical books written in the same biographical style as "Historical Records" are called "official histories". It begins with the legendary Yellow Emperor (about 2550 BC) and ends in the 17th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1644), with a total of 3213 volumes and about 40 million words.
5. "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" mainly tells some stories about the Ming Dynasty during the three hundred years from 1344 to 1644. It is based on historical materials, takes the era and specific characters as the main line, and adds novel style of writing and humorous language. It provides a panoramic display of the fate of the seventeen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and other princes, dignitaries and minor figures, especially the official politics, wars, and emperors' intentions.