China
China
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.1.3096.619
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发表时间：
1920-05
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通讯作者：
Z. Qiu;G. Storch
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作者：
Z. Qiu;G. Storch
任何国家都是以领土或人民来定义自己的，而中国是以历史来定义自己的。它有着世界上最悠久、最浩繁的历史书写传统，其非凡的过去应该是众所周知的。约翰·基的《中国》将使之成为现实。通过最新的研究，充满活力的机智和轶事，并丰富了挑衅性的比较，基的叙述跨越5,000年，从三代（2000-220 BC）的时间，毛主席和当前的经济转型的国家。与其他更传统的历史倾向于集中在主要是中国北方王朝的继承，而不包括占中华人民共和国三分之二土地的地区（云南，西藏，新疆，蒙古，满洲）不同，Keay提供了一个广泛的中国编年史。凯还考察了中国历史上的许多非中国元素-佛教，伊斯兰教和基督教的影响;贸易的影响;“野蛮人”入侵的性质;以及许多帝国王朝的相关性。清晰，明智的，和从事，中国提供了一个广泛的叙事综合中国动荡的过去，并被视为成为经典（续后皮瓣）（续前皮瓣）单卷历史的任何人寻求了解这个极其强大的国家的现在和未来。
M any nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. With the longest and most voluminous tradition of history-writing in the world, its extraordinary past ought to be common knowledge. John Keay’s China will make it so. Informed by the latest research, enlivened by wit and anecdote, and enriched by provocative comparisons, Keay’s narrative spans 5,000 years, from the time of the Three Dynasties (2000–220 BC) to Chairman Mao and the current economic transformation of the country. Unlike other more conventional histories which tend to concentrate on the succession of mainly north China imperial dynasties to the exclusion of those regions (Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria) that account for two thirds of the People’s Republic of China land mass, Keay offers a broadly chronological history of all the Chinas. Keay also examines the many non–Chinese elements in China’s history—the impact of Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity; the effects of trade; the nature of “barbarian” invasion; and the relevance of many imperial dynasties being of non–Chinese origin. Crisp, judicious, and engaging, China offers a broad narrative synthesis of China’s tumultuous past , and is dest ined to become the c lass ic (continued on back flap) (continued from front flap) single-volume history for anyone seeking to under stand the present and future of th i s immensely powerful nation.