Полная история Китая

Ot dopisʹmennogo perioda do kont͡sa XX stoletii͡a - vidnyĭ britanskiĭ istorik Dzhon Keĭ predstavli͡aet masshtabnui͡u posledovatelʹnui͡u istorii͡u Kitai͡a. Sozdannai͡a na bogatom materiale arkhivnykh istochnikov, v tom chisle neopublikovannykh, ėta kniga uzhe priznana klassikoĭ vo vsem mire. V podrobnom vvedenii daetsi͡a predstavlenie o geografii Kitai͡a, khronologii ego istorii i osobennosti͡akh i͡azyka, toponimov i imen sobstvennykh. V sledui͡ushchikh razdelakh vy uznaete vse samoe glavnoe o legendarnykh Pi͡ati imperatorakh, o mificheskom t͡sarstve Si͡a i doimperskikh gosudarstvakh Shan i Chzhou, ob arkheologicheskikh nakhodkakh, otnosi͡ashchikhsi͡a k bronzovomu i zheleznomu vekam, o periode Srazhai͡ushchikhsi͡a t͡sarstv; o vlii͡anii Konfut͡sii͡a, ob obʺedinenii Kitai͡a Pervym imperatorom T͡Sinʹ Shi-khuandi, o Kulʹturnoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii T͡Sinʹ, vozvyshenii i upadke Khanʹ; o pravlenii dinastiĭ Suĭ, Tan i Sun, ob ėpokhe Pi͡ati imperiĭ i Desi͡ati gosudarstv, o triumfe i padenii Min. Osveshcheny temy manʹchzhurskogo zavoevanii͡a, situat͡sii v Dzhungarii, Sinʹt͡szi͡ane i Tibete, krizis T͡Sin, khod Opiumnykh voĭn i vosstanie taĭpinov; bokserskoe vosstanie, perekhod strany ot imperii k respublike, sobytii͡a Russko-i͡aponskoĭ, Pervoĭ i Vtoroĭ mirovykh voĭn i Kulʹturnoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii Mao T͡Szėduna. Snabzhennoe solidnym spravochnym apparatom, t͡svetnymi vkleĭkami, kartami i tablit͡sami, izdanie budet interesno shirokomu krugu chitateleĭ. "Ėta kniga prednaznachena dli͡a udovletvorenii͡a nasushchnoĭ potrebnosti - predstavitʹ chitateli͡u obzor istorii Kitai͡a, dli͡a ponimanii͡a kotorogo ne trebuetsi͡a predvaritelʹnoe znakomstvo s temoĭ ili znanie kitaĭskogo i͡azyka… Istorii͡a Kitai͡a dostatochno dlinna, a kulʹtura dostatochno slozhna. Iskrenne nadei͡usʹ, chto v itoge usilii͡a chitateleĭ budut voznagrazhdeny spolna". (Dzhon Keĭ)

From the pre—Written period to the end of the 20th century, the prominent British historian John Kay presents a large-scale consistent history of China. Created on the basis of rich material from archival sources, including unpublished ones, this book has already been recognized as a classic all over the world. The detailed introduction gives an idea of the geography of China, the chronology of its history and the peculiarities of the language, toponyms and proper names. In the following sections, you will learn all the most important things about the legendary Five Emperors, about the mythical kingdom of Xia and the pre-imperial states of Shang and Zhou, about archaeological finds dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages, about the period of the Fighting Kingdoms; about the influence of Confucius, about the unification of China by the First Emperor Qin Shi-Huangdi, about the Cultural Revolution of Qin, the rise of and the decline of the Han; about the rule of the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, about the era of Five Empires and Ten states, about the triumph and fall of the Ming. The topics of the Manchurian conquest, the situation in Dzungaria, Xinjiang and Tibet, the Qing crisis, the course of the Opium Wars and the Taiping rebellion, the Boxer rebellion, the country's transition from empire to republic, the events of the Russian-Japanese, the First and Second World Wars and the Cultural Revolution of Mao Zedong are covered. Equipped with a solid reference device, colored stickers, maps and tables, the publication will be interesting to a wide range of readers. "This book is designed to meet an urgent need — to provide the reader with an overview of the history of China, which does not require prior familiarity with the topic or knowledge of the Chinese language to understand… The history of China is quite long, and the culture is quite complex. I sincerely hope that in the end the readers' efforts will be fully rewarded." (John Kay)