"Within the Four Seas: Forty Lectures on Chinese History" is a collection of historical essays. What seemingly unimportant events shaped the course of history? Which figures played a decisive role in the historical process? Is the development of history more due to "accident" or "inevitability"? Is there a so-called "standard answer" to the interpretation of a period of history? Professor Ge Jianxiong of Fudan University selected 40 important fragments of Chinese history, starting from the specific events with rich details, digging out new perspectives in old historical materials, and telling the truth and details hidden behind the history. The historical fragments he writes are not dusty old scraps, but cultural nourishment that is often read and constantly new.
《四海之内：中国历史四十讲》是一部历史随笔集。哪些看似没那么重要的事件左右了历史的走向？哪些人物在历史进程中起到了举足轻重的作用？历史的发展更多是出于“偶然”还是“必然”？对于一段历史的解读，是否存在所谓的“标准答案”？复旦大学葛剑雄教授选取了中国历史的40个重要片断，从浓墨重彩的具体事件出发，在旧史料中挖掘新观点，把藏在历史背后的真相与细节娓娓道来。他笔下的历史片断，不是尘封的故纸堆，而是常读常新的文化养料。
《四海之内：中国历史四十讲》是一部历史随笔集。哪些看似没那么重要的事件左右了历史的走向？哪些人物在历史进程中起到了举足轻重的作用？历史的发展更多是出于“偶然”还是“必然”？对于一段历史的解读，是否存在所谓的“标准答案”？复旦大学葛剑雄教授选取了中国历史的40个重要片断，从浓墨重彩的具体事件出发，在旧史料中挖掘新观点，把藏在历史背后的真相与细节娓娓道来。他笔下的历史片断，不是尘封的故纸堆，而是常读常新的文化养料。
