Lecture Notes on the History of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Lecture Notes on the History of the Qin and Han Dynasties

◉Deeply reveals how the framework of Chinese civilization was laid in the Qin and Han dynasties. This book is based on Qin Hui's course "History of Qin and Han Dynasties" taught at Tsinghua University. It adds archaeological materials discovered in recent years and has been sorted and revised several times.
Unlike the original lecture recordings, this book contains nearly double the content of the recordings. Furthermore, unlike traditional period histories, this book focuses less on political history and instead explores the origins of the political and economic systems and concepts of the Qin and Han empires, and their influence after the Qin and Han dynasties, from two perspectives: vertically (comparing the Zhou and Qin dynasties, Han and Tang dynasties, in terms of time) and horizontally (comparing the Qin and Han dynasties with the Roman Empire in terms of space). This insightful and comprehensive book offers crucial insights for today.
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Why is the "Zhou-Qin Transition" considered the most profound change in China's 3,000-year history? How did it lay the foundation for Chinese civilization?
How did the most basic institutional arrangements of the Qin and Han empires come into being? What were their main features? What drawbacks did these systems encounter during their operation? How did the accumulation of these problems lead to the disintegration of the Qin and Han empires?
Why are there such huge discrepancies in historical evaluations of the Qin and Han dynasties? What are the key points of this discrepancy? What lessons can this bring?
How should we understand the “Change from Han to Wei”? Why is it less significant than the “Change from Zhou to Qin”? Why did it fail to break away from the pattern established by the Qin and Han dynasties?
How do the Tang and Song dynasties compare with the Qin and Han dynasties? Did the Tang surpass the peak of the "classical commodity economy" of the Han dynasty?
Why do the Han Dynasty and ancient Rome share many economic similarities, yet their underlying meanings differ significantly? What does this indicate?
This book thoroughly explains the Qin and Han dynasties, and also discusses some of the deepest aspects of Chinese history and spiritual culture.

2024-11-01

山西人民出版社

Han and Tang Sunshine

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