About the author
Dong Sheng, who writes under the pen name Haizi, was born in May 1970 in Yantai, Shandong. A poet and writer, he is a member of the Shandong Writers Association and also of the Chinese Poetry Society and the Chinese Fiction Society. Before the age of 13 he lived at the Xiaopingdao naval port in Dalian, an experience that later shaped his novel Deep Love for the China Sea. He has published the poetry collections Declaration of True Feelings and Water's Edge, and the novels Deep Love for the China Sea and Escaping the Report Card, working across poetry, fiction and popular history. His compiled works include the multi-volume Five Thousand Years of China and Five Thousand Years of the World, as well as titles on traditional culture such as the Dragon Boat Festival and dragon boat racing, along with books on personal growth and examinations. The library holds 49 of his works, reflecting a writing career that combines literary expression with accessible history and culture for general readers and young people.
Written (49)
Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 7 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers Zhang Xianzhong's clever capture of Xiangyang, Chongzhen's suicide at Jingshan, Wu Sangui's opening of the passes to let Qing troop… Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 2 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers the physician Bian Que, the contest of wits between Sun Bin and Pang Juan, Su Qin's vertical alliance and Zhang Yi's breaking of it… Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 6 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers Qiu Chuji's ten-thousand-li journey to visit Genghis Khan, Muqali's management of the Central Plains, Yelü Chucai the "craftsman wh… Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 1 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers the remote antiquity, the progenitor of the Chinese people, the making of fire by human effort, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, Cangji… Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 8 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers the Boxers' brave resistance against the Eight-Nation Alliance, Sun Yat-sen's founding of the Tongmenghui, the uprisings of Qiu Jin… Rating 3.9★ Five Thousand Years of China 3 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 This volume covers Cai Lun's invention of papermaking, Zhang Heng's seismograph, Ban Gu and the Book of Han, the female historian Ban Zhao, Empress De… Rating 3.8★ Duanwu and Dragon Boats 陈秀伶 / 董胜 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025 This book covers the ever-changing origins of the Dragon Boat Festival, from totem sacrifices of the Baiyue peoples and the patriotic poet Qu Yuan's i… Rating 3.8★ Five Thousand Years of World History, Volume 5 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 History contains experience and true knowledge; reading history makes one wise and clever. Throughout the ages, most accomplished men of insight have … Rating 3.8★ Spring Festival and New Year's Eve 陈秀伶 / 董胜 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025 This book covers a wealth of topics: the wondrous legend of the Spring Festival's origin; the use of a water clock to measure time and fix the date of… Rating 3.7★ The Lantern Festival and Lantern Fairs 陈秀伶 / 董胜 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025 This book covers a long history—origins and development, the ancient human practice of driving away evil with torches, the lantern-lighting custom tha… Rating 3.6★ Five Thousand Years of World History, Volume 8 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 Days pass and months turn; things change as the stars shift. Over several thousand years, humanity has walked an extraordinary road: prosperity and de… Rating 3.5★ Temple Fairs and Market Days 陈秀伶 / 董胜 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025 This book covers a wide range of topics, including mass gatherings—seasonal temple fairs, community sacrifices as the origin of temple fairs, a develo… Rating 3.5★ Five Thousand Years of World History (Volume 2) 董胜 Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2025 In the vast river of history, it is the people and events that have been passed down through the ages and have risen and fallen on the sea of history … Rating 3.0★ The Chinese Way of Wine: Features of Wine History and Wine Culture Xiao Dongfa / 董胜 Modern Press · 2025 This book covers the following main topics: the lingering fragrance of wine—the origins and evolution of alcohol; the connotations of wine—the rise of… Rating 2.9★ The Flourishing of Official Schools 董胜 Modern Press · 2025 This series is distinguished by its panoramic sweep and broad vision. Narrated through storytelling, it uses accessible, lucid language and is richly … Rating 2.9★ Resounding Academies Xiao Dongfa / 董胜 Modern Press · 2025 This series is distinguished by its panoramic presentation and broad, sweeping scope. It tells its story in narrative form, in plain and accessible la… Rating 2.9★ A Thousand Years of Wine Fragrance Xiao Dongfa / 董胜 Modern Press · 2025 This series is distinguished by its panoramic scope and broad vision. The content is presented through storytelling, in plain and fluent language, wit… Rating 2.9★ The Splendor of Official Schools: Education at the Imperial College and the Schools of Learning Xiao Dongfa / 董胜 Modern Press · 2025 This series is distinguished by its panoramic presentation and broad vision, narrating through stories in accessible, clear language with rich illustr… Rating 3.7★ The Way of Chinese Wine Xiao Dongfa / 董胜 Modern Press · 2022 The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "Culture is the lifeblood of a nation and the spiritual home of … Rating 3.6★ Bright Academy 董胜 Modern Press · 2022 This series is distinguished by its panoramic sweep and broad perspective. The content is presented through storytelling, in plain and lucid language,…Publishers
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd.Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing HouseModern Press