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洪业:清朝开国史

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魏斐德教授的史学名著《洪业:清朝开国史》,匠心独具,把中国历史上王朝循环中的一环——明清嬗代过程,作为运思课题。此书从政治、经济、文化、社会、民族、国防诸方面的宏大背景之中,对一个帝国如何最终陷入不可自拔的困境、另一个帝国又如何重建秩序走向强盛的过程,作了总体的解剖和透视。它使人看到,中华帝国的体制与秩序中天然包含着走向衷微的因素,而王朝更替则构成了重建秩序的机制与途径;满人入主,在此被视为一种重建秩序的特殊动因。

851 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 22, 1986

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Frederic E. Wakeman Jr.

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Frederic Evans Wakeman, Jr. (Chinese: 魏斐德; pinyin: Wèi Fěidé) was a prominent American scholar of East Asian history and Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley.

His father was the novelist Frederic E. Wakeman, Sr. (publishing as "Frederic Wakeman")
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282 reviews527 followers
October 28, 2017
良史,巨著。能把明清鼎革这么巨大、复杂的历史巨变写清楚,客观公允地阐明其历史内在逻辑,非大才而不能。魏斐德先生参考了几百上千种中西著作,各种引用和参考本身就令人咋舌。这种视野广阔和重视中国以外的中国历史研究成果,也是西方汉学家的优势之一。另外作者超脱于中国民族和政治对历史的干扰,评论客观公允,论述全面精当,也是相当难得的优点。
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163 reviews
February 17, 2018
如果说之前读的清开国史是成王败寇修正史,那么这部书确实冷静客观丰盈的清史,对于导致明亡的盟社-党争-缙绅的政治到经济的链条梳理,对于清针对此有限制的财政,法律和经济改革,以及为了平衡满汉巧妙的帝王权术.另一方面作者认为相对主义的道德观强烈意识在合理制度缺失下反而会导致政治的混乱,而无实效.
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734 reviews92 followers
January 2, 2021
全书结构松散,似乎缺少一种通透的大局感和历史观,但很可能作者本就无意于此。又好在史料丰富,细节众多,或颇可玩味,或叫人唏嘘不已。
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43 reviews2 followers
May 23, 2022
孔孟之乡山东士大夫的容易变节,与江南士大夫的虚伪。统计表很有意思。江南士大夫并不是坚守节烈,而是没有机会早些投降而已。
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July 2, 2022
二十多岁时第一次读到,跟国内历史书不太一样的视角
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January 1, 2023
legendary book from the legendary sinologist on the topic of the late Ming dynasty. Not all dynasty founders can carry the heavy "天命". But Manchu did it.
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18 reviews10 followers
December 17, 2022
It’s structural and factual, full of details investigations but not hard to read. A must read history book for both Chinese and Manchu studies.
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