Thread 24662848

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Anonymous 8/23/2025, 2:10:30 PM No.24662848 >>24662933 >>24663720 >>24663754 >>24664000 >>24664018 >>24665063

What are good books for Chinese history?
I’d like to read one on ancient, one on medieval and one on modern china (modern meaning the last 200 years).

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 2:56:41 PM No.24662933 >>24662939

>>24662848 (OP)
There is no reliable Chinese history older than 200 years at most.

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 3:02:36 PM No.24662939

>>24662933
I didn’t mean historiography, but books by historians about these time periods.

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 9:06:49 PM No.24663720 >>24663790 >>24664000 >>24665214 >>24665359

>>24662848 (OP)
Just read Sima Qian. After that there is no good historians to read; so no "medieval" history for you. For modern China read Jonathan D Spence "search for modern China".
>also; asks for chinese history
>posts japanese image

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 9:12:53 PM No.24663754

>>24662848 (OP)
Here: https://mangadex.org/title/47859811-7fd7-488a-963d-bd10c081142e/shiki

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 9:20:00 PM No.24663790

>>24663720
Oh jolly, someone noticed.
Thanks for the recommendation

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 10:10:36 PM No.24664000 >>24664018

>>24662848 (OP)
>>24663720 plus dynastic histories plus cambridge plus zizhi tongjian should probably cover everything you could want to know. maybe the san guo zhi as well. but i haven't actually read any of them so i can't give you anything more specific than that, sorry.

Anonymous 8/23/2025, 10:16:00 PM No.24664018

>>24662848 (OP)
>>24664000
oh and of course the zuo zhuan and i guess the book of documents (shang shu) as well if you're into mytho-history.

Anonymous 8/24/2025, 4:06:38 AM No.24665063

chinx1.jpg md5: b64c81d7... 🔍

>>24662848 (OP)
infographic

Anonymous 8/24/2025, 5:17:45 AM No.24665214

>>24663720
japan is culturally chinese

Anonymous 8/24/2025, 6:36:26 AM No.24665359

>>24663720
>Jonathan D Spence
did that ever get updated with a new edition?