Tan Lun
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in Ming history and the anti-Wokou wars
- History enthusiasts wanting to know Ming military figures beyond Qi Jiguang
- Those curious about the history of Great Wall construction or the origins of Yihuang opera
- Readers who prefer popular biographies and an easy introduction
Not a good fit for
- Ming historians requiring rigorous academic verification and extensive annotations
- Readers expecting a complete chronological listing of a life
- Readers with no interest in either military history or opera culture
Reading tips
- Read the two main threads—the anti-Wokou campaign and frontier defense—first, then return to the Yihuang opera section to understand Tan Lun's many sides.
- Consult background material on the Wokou crisis along the southeastern coast during reading to better grasp the significance of the campaigns.
- Readers interested in opera may first learn about the connection between the Yihuang style and The Peony Pavilion before entering the relevant chapters.
About the publisher
Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序
- 第一章 英雄少年
- 第二章 嘉靖倭患的序幕
- 第三章 志存高远的联捷进士
- 第四章 悲剧性的嘉靖抗倭战争
- 第五章 南京御倭一战成名
- 第六章 谭家军
- 第七章 治行第一
- 第八章 善任俞戚建大勋
- 第九章 驰骋浙东
- 第十章 夺情起复
- 第十一章 戚继光的“封神”之战
- 第十二章 平海卫大捷
- 第十三章 最后的决战
- 第十四章 四川巡抚
- 第十五章 两广总督
- 第十六章 对外开放的明代实践：隆庆开关
- 第十七章 北上击狂胡
- 第十八章 万里长城的再造者
- 第十九章 北方门神
- 第二十章 将星陨落
- 第二十一章 谭纶的文学成就
- 第二十二章 谭纶的军事思想
- 第二十三章 谭纶的廉政思想
- 第二十四章 谭纶与宜黄戏
- 第二十五章 谭纶的桑梓情怀
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- 附录5
- 附录6
- 主要参考文献
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About the author
Hua Haibo is an author about whom relatively limited public information is currently available. The library holds one work by this author, the biographical title Tan Lun. Judging from this surviving work, Hua Haibo's writing focuses on organizing the life and deeds of historical figures and presenting them in biographical form, which falls under the general category of biography. Tan Lun takes the Ming dynasty figure Tan Lun as its subject, indicating that the author has some interest in and familiarity with Ming history and its figures, and is able to organize material around the subject's experiences to form a relatively complete biographical narrative. Because the library contains no information about the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, or other works, it is difficult to form a full picture of the author's overall writing output, and it is not possible to confirm how the author's style continues or changes across different works. On the basis of the available materials, Hua Haibo may be regarded as a writer who approaches historical biography, and Tan Lun offers readers a useful reference for learning about the historical figure concerned. More complete information about the author awaits further public sources.
