Biography of Haimen
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Summary
Drawing on extensive historical sources including the Shunzhi Haimen County Gazetteer, the Daoguang-era Qing Haimen County Gazetteer, and the Republican-era Haimen County Illustrated Gazetteer, author Zhou Shikang recounts Haimen's modern and contemporary history in seventy-two chapters, in graceful and accurate prose. Nearly 500,000 characters in length, the book holds significant value as historical source material.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in Jiangsu local history, especially the development history of Nantong and the coastal region
- Scholars and students researching modern China's socioeconomic transformation, migration history, or regional studies
- Readers who prefer nonfiction that combines rigorous source material with compelling narrative
- Those seeking to understand macrohistorical processes through a micro-regional lens
Not a good fit for
- Readers looking for light entertainment or strongly plot-driven fiction
- Readers with little patience for localized historical sources and detailed socioeconomic processes
Reading tips
- Begin with the preface and table of contents to grasp the book's central questions and overall structure
- Read alongside general histories of modern China to understand how the regional case connects to broader historical currents
- The book contains numerous place names, personal names, and institutional names; taking notes can help clarify the threads
About the publisher
Jiangsu People's Publishing House is known for works in history, literature and the social sciences. Judging from its catalog, it focuses on modern Chinese history, classical literary appreciation and scholarly research. Representative titles include historical works such as Kuomintang-Communist Cooperation and the National Revolution, 1924–1927 and A Record of Combat on the Front Lines of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, literary and visual documents such as Sun Wen's Illustrated Complete Dream of the Red Chamber, and scholarly collections such as Chen Yinke's Collected Works of Hanliu Hall. Translations such as The Dust Bowl and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life reflect an interest in overseas social and cultural studies. Its authors include historians Wang Qisheng, Huang Yuzhang and Guo Rugui, as well as figures associated with classical literature such as Cao Xueqin and Sun Wen. Common categories include history, literary appreciation, essays and miscellaneous writings, and social-science and cultural titles, showing a balance between historical scholarship and literature and between academic and popular publishing. Because public information is limited, this overview is based only on the books in the catalog.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 前言 海门，从波澜壮阔中走来
- 江海之门
- 第一章 江口沙洲
- 第二章 江口重镇
- 第三章 江口战火
- 第四章 江口政权
- 建县之初
- 第五章 流犯和流人
- 第六章 宋初三杰
- 第七章 社长不管余事
- 传说传记
- 第八章 千秋传说吕洞宾
- 第九章 江渔和海渔
- 第十章 料角传奇
- 千年盐业
- 第十一章 堤与墩
- 第十二章 场与盐（上）
- 第十三章 场与盐（下）
- 第十四章 河与镇
- 第十五章 私与商
- 第十六章 人与俗
- 第十七章 忍与反
- 倭寇! 倭寇!
- 第十八章 倭寇来了
- 第十九章 至暗时刻
- 第二十章 海门筑城
- 第二十一章 姚家荡与西场大捷
- 潮卷江坍
- 第二十二章 县治一迁又一迁
- 第二十三章 四迁之后
- 第二十四章 奏疏里的海门
- 第二十五章 潮灾中的黎民
- 第二十六章 灾难中的县官（上）
- 第二十七章 灾难中的县官（下）
- 第二十八章 薪火坍不断
- 人文文人
- 第二十九章 探花崔桐
- 第三十章 海门诗 海门景 海门潮
- 壮县悲歌
- 第三十一章 从永安到兴仁
- 第三十二章 《静海乡志》与“海门歌”
- 江海再生海门
- 第三十三章 建厅沙洲
- 第三十四章 徐公筑堤
- 第三十五章 沙案——厅、州、县之间
- 第三十六章 沙案——民人之间
- 水利第一政要
- 第三十七章 风暴潮灾
- 第三十八章 “扫河”之斗，治水之难
- 救灾与慈善
- 第三十九章 灾荒中的民间与官府
- 第四十章 杨氏义庄 和尚造桥
- 垦荒! 抗税!
- 第四十一章 吃得苦中苦，种出田上田
- 第四十二章 抗“易知由单”和“敌官桥”
- “我唱山歌万万千”
- 第四十三章 红娘子（江口情歌 上）
- 第四十四章 唱歌人（江口情歌 下）
- 第四十五章 海边吟唱
- 商贩江南来
- 第四十六章 商人与集镇（上）
- 第四十七章 商人与集镇（下）
- 第四十八章 集镇与海门
- 官学与书院
- 第四十九章 科举路窄
- 第五十章 《诗存》和《诗册》
- 第五十一章 师山书院和东渐书院
- 张謇与海门
- 第五十二章 生于棉乡
- 第五十三章 垦牧移民
- 第五十四章 兴建三厂
- 第五十五章 办学常乐
- 第五十六章 强毅力行
- 第五十七章 故乡碑记
- 江右是上海
- 第五十八章 苦力与学徒
- 第五十九章 读书去 办学回
- 第六十章 奔市场去 带文明回
- 病与医
- 第六十一章 疾病催医急
- 第六十二章 杏林有仁医
- 第六十三章 办校育后人
- 特殊时期的海门
- 第六十四章 太平军与黄朝飏
- 第六十五章 民国改元
- 社会痼疾
- 第六十六章 毒品“刘、关、张”
- 第六十七章 “荡空饭烧箕”
- 迈向新海门
- 第六十八章 献身正年轻
- 第六十九章 抗战中的海门人
- 第七十章 县仇乡恨家难
- 第七十一章 血肉意志筑长城
- 第七十二章 海门解放
- 附录一 古地图
- 附录二 大事记
- 附录三 主要参考著作
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About the author
Zhou Shikang is an author about whom limited public information is available. It is known only that he has two works in print, both centered on the local figures and history of Haimen in Jiangsu Province. The two books, Biographies of Haimen Notables and The Haimen Chronicle, are classified respectively under general biography and historical reading, indicating that his writing focuses on tracing local cultural figures and narrating local history. Judging from their subject matter, the author is concerned with Haimen's notable families and its local memory, seeking to preserve the region's cultural resources through biography and historical narrative and to offer readers an accessible account of Haimen's people and past. Work of this kind typically draws on local gazetteers, archives, and oral materials, balancing factual accuracy with readable storytelling, so the books serve both as reference material and as popular reading for those interested in the culture and history of the Jianghai region.
