Why should we read history?

"Warring States Policy" says that not forgetting the past is the guide for the future.

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, said that using copper as a mirror can correct clothes and hats; using ancient times as a mirror, one can know the ups and downs; using human beings as a mirror, one can understand gains and losses.

Liao Mosha: History evolves, but sometimes it always feels like it is repeating the past.

Shakespeare: History is in everyone's life.

Engels: It never occurred to us to doubt or despise the "revelation of history"; history is everything to us.

Many celebrities at home and abroad in ancient and modern times have left famous sayings about the importance of history, which shows the importance of reading history. The Chinese nation has a 5,000-year-old splendid civilization and has left countless texts. Moreover, most materials and documents are obscure and difficult to understand, and history books are boring.

As a result, many scholars have withdrawn from boring academic work and popularized interesting, interesting and informative popular history readings to the public, interpreting historical events and figures from different angles and directions, enriching the people spiritual life.

"National Humanities History", which takes the dissemination of "truth, interest, and conscience" as its core values, uses history as its depth and modern vision to interpret historical events, making it an intimate and interesting read. Here we can not only touch the temperature of history, but also explore the truth of history.

"The History of China I Can't See Enough" created by "National Humanities and History" has become a popular history book loved by readers once it was published.

"The History of China I Can't See Enough" published by Sichuan People's Publishing House selected institutions, economy, court, strategy, and military. Five representative sections interpret the rich Chinese history from multiple perspectives.

Although the articles included in this book are from different authors, their common feature is that they are interesting and informative, interpreting distant historical events in modern language, allowing us to observe history at close range. Touch history.

For example, it is difficult for us to understand the Three Dukes in ancient times. The book vividly describes the Prime Minister as the housekeeper, who oversees the daily affairs of the country; the Taiwei is the security captain, in charge of the national military; and the Yushi doctor specializes in making reports. "Package Inquiry". In this way, it is easier to understand the official positions in ancient times. Although the structures of different dynasties are different, they are organized in similar ways. The official positions are enriched in the process of continuous evolution.

"The History of China I Can't See Enough" has a novel historical perspective and modernized language. It is indeed based on historical facts and is conducive to our understanding of history.

Next, let’s take a look at how Qin’s think tank turned a small marginal country hanging to the west into a powerful country that unified the six countries. Because of Qin's weak national power, the six eastern countries did not let Qin play with them. Qin, which was often beaten because of its backwardness, understood the importance of fists, so it weakened the patriarchal system and instead attracted talents in an eclectic way.

In the Qin State, where family background is not important, but fair competition is important, anyone who has the ability can compete for high-ranking officials and generous salaries based on their own abilities. Shang Yang in the famous Shang Yang's Reform in history was attracted by Qin's superior talent recruitment system.

Qin State absorbed a large number of talents from the six countries, worked hard to develop agriculture, strengthen its army, and enrich its economic strength. So aren’t the other six Eastern countries panicked when faced with the loss of talent?

This is due to the pragmatism of the king of Qin. As early as the time of Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State had only one standard for employing people, and that was to "strengthen Qin through unexpected plans." Whether they were foreign talents or Qin natives, they never looked at fame and titles, but only based on actual ability. Who could "strengthen Qin" "Who comes on." For talents who have the ability to bring practical benefits, the king of Qin will immediately entrust the land and give high officials generous salaries. In this way, the policy of good treatment and high positions continued to attract talents from all over the six countries, forming Qin's powerful think tank.

Qin State let go of its talents, implemented the policy of strengthening Qin, and rapidly strengthened Qin's national power.

On the other hand, the other six eastern countries, although they began to panic in the face of Qin's vigorous recruitment of talents, and tried to find ways to attract talents, but they did it based on who was famous and attracted whom, and they were deeply influenced by the strong traditional patriarchal concept. Due to the influence of the religious system, there is basically no room for advancement for the talents recruited.

Although the six eastern countries also gave official positions to the talents they attracted, they did not have any rights. Recruiting talents and appointing celebrities was just a face-saving project.

Therefore, Qin’s pragmatic attitude allowed Qin to develop rapidly and laid the foundation for Qin Shihuang’s subsequent unification of the six countries.

"The History of China I Can't See Enough", based on historical materials, the author lists the detailed sources for each piece of history, so that every detail in the book can be traced in terms of authenticity and reliability. On the basis of informative explanations, horizontal and vertical comparisons are used to interpret history in modern language, allowing us to understand history from all aspects and angles, guiding us to explore the laws of historical development from historical details, and by touching historical development The laws predict the future.