Ancient Politics

58 books

An Appreciation of the Wisdom of Chinese Historical Figures cover
Rating 2.8
An Appreciation of the Wisdom of Chinese Historical Figures 袁清熙 / 袁培 China International Culture Press Limited · 2021 With over 500,000 words, *An Appreciation of the Wisdom of Chinese Historical Figures* focuses on and analyzes the important pronouncements of major t…
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Rating 3.5
Eutropius Eutropius, active 4th century Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 4.0
Emperor Augustus and the Roman Empire 安德鲁·华莱士-哈德里尔 / 桂芳芳 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2022 Augustus was truly an emperor of emperors, single-handedly forging the splendor and glory of ancient Rome. This book focuses on Rome from 31 BCE to 14…
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Rating 2.9
One Book That Explains the Order of Extending Grace 史易安 · 2026 Facing the immense threat of "states within a state," how did Emperor Wu of Han resolve the problem of the vassal kings that had plagued three generat…
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Rating 3.0
The Great Confucius (Volume II) 王凤海 Thread-Binding Books Publishing House · 2026 This book focuses on the key stages of Confucius's later years, using "at sixty, my ear was attuned" and "at seventy, I could follow my heart's desire…
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Rating 2.9
The Way to Win the Crown 姜蒙 · 2026 This book offers an in-depth analysis of the wisdom and strategy of ancient Chinese emperors. Through a wealth of historical cases, it reveals how emp…
Heart-Reading the Four Books and Five Classics · Heart-Reading the Four Books: Heart-Reading the Analects (Part 2) cover
Rating 3.4
Heart-Reading the Four Books and Five Classics · Heart-Reading the Four Books: Heart-Reading the Analects (Part 2) 柳恩铭 Jinan University Press · 2025 The people-centered wisdom of original Confucianism, running parallel to Huang-Lao thought, worked wonders and created the "Rule of Wen and Jing," pro…
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Rating 3.0
官制与选拔 Xiao Dongfa Modern Press · 2025 This book covers the official system of the Spring and Autumn period, the selection and assessment of officials in the Spring and Autumn period, and t…
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Rating 4.1
Han Feizi (Plain Text Edition) Liu Yuejin / 周忠强 / 马世年 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The Han Feizi (Plain Text Edition) is a volume in the New Era Universal Library series. The Han Feizi comprises twenty juan and fifty-five chapters an…
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Rating 4.6
Shen Buhai: A Chinese Political Philosopher of the Fourth Century BC 顾立雅 / 马腾 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2025 This book is the culmination of Creel's twenty years of research on Shenzi. It begins with the textual reconstruction, collation, exegesis, and Englis…
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Rating 3.7
A Brief History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties 刘善龄 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2024 Over the past two thousand years, China has experienced long periods of unity as well as centuries-long stretches of division. The two-hundred-year un…
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Rating 4.0
Minglun Compilation, Social Relations Category, Recommendation and Praise Section Chen Menglei · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are especially …
Commentary and Subcommentary on the Gongyang Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Part Two) cover
Rating 4.7
Commentary and Subcommentary on the Gongyang Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Part Two) 何休 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: relig…
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Rating 3.8
Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Chinese 潇水 · 2024 This book rewrites Romance of the Three Kingdoms in modern vernacular Chinese, focusing on clearly explaining character relationships and the sequence…
Hua Shan Thoroughly Explains Zizhi Tongjian 23 cover
Rating 4.0
Hua Shan Thoroughly Explains Zizhi Tongjian 23 Shan Hua Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 From the Warring States period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Zizhi Tongjian vividly presents living people and stories across 1,362 years of…
The Cyclical Rise and Fall of Chinese Feudal Dynasties: A Study from the Perspective of New Institutional Economics cover
Rating 3.5
The Cyclical Rise and Fall of Chinese Feudal Dynasties: A Study from the Perspective of New Institutional Economics 杨德才 Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Since the Qin dynasty, ancient Chinese society underwent more than two thousand years of feudal dynastic rule, during which dozens of dynasties rose a…
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Rating 3.2
Biography of Emperor Xuan of Chen 龙耳东 China Culture and History Press · 2024 Emperor Xuan of Chen was the fourth emperor of the Chen dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, a nephew of Emperor Wu (Chen Baxian) and younger brother of…
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Rating 3.7
A General Course on the Twenty-Four Histories 刘凯 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2023 The Twenty-Four Histories: A General Course series uses the chapters of the Twenty-Four Histories—chiefly imperial annals and biographical accounts—as…
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Rating 4.3
Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms (2 Volumes) Feng Menglong Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2023 Romance of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms is an influential vernacular historical novel of the Ming dynasty. Centered on the Five Hegemons of the Spring an…
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Rating 2.8
Notes While Catching Fleas 李仰勇 Sino-Culture Press · 2023 This is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, an era of contending warlords. The protagonist, Wang Meng, is a po…