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Shi Zhan is a Chinese-language author about whom limited public information is available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. Five of his works are held in the collection, spanning history, social and cultural studies, social science, and finance. Representative works include The Hub: China in 3,000 Years, which traces the overall trajectory of Chinese history through a long-term perspective, and Becoming a More Rational Person: Court and Jianghu in Chinese History, which examines Chinese history through the lenses of institutions and popular society. He has also contributed to the "Dedao" elite daily course series and multi-author collections such as The Era of Upheaval, and is the author of Breaking the Cocoon: Isolation, Trust, and the Future, which addresses contemporary society and its future direction. His writing tends to connect history and present-day reality within broad frameworks, aimed at general readers and balancing knowledge popularization with critical awareness, giving him a certain influence in social science and general-interest reading.