Half-Hour Comic History of China: Ming and Qing Dynasties/半小时漫画中国史：明清

This book is a popular reading material that uses interesting comics to popularize Chinese history. The historical stages covered in this book include the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The author uses humorous language and easy-to-understand comics to sort out the major historical events that occurred in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and uses images and contexts to popularize knowledge such as "How Zhu Yuanzhang strengthened the imperial power", "Jinyiwei", "Zheng He's voyages to the West", "Nerchinsk Treaty", "Opium War", and "Westernization Movement", helping readers to easily and simply understand the general context of the development of relevant Chinese history and arouse readers' interest in history. Compared with other historical books on the market, the biggest feature of this book is that it uses comics, the most popular form, to explain the originally boring historical knowledge.

本书是以趣味漫画科普中国历史的通俗读物，该书所涵盖的历史阶段包括明朝和清朝两个朝代。作者用幽默风趣的语言和通俗易懂的漫画，对于明清这两个朝代所发生的主要历史事件进行了一番梳理，并对“朱元璋如何强化皇权”“锦衣卫”“郑和下西洋”“尼布楚条约”“鸦片战争”“洋务运动”等知识进行了图像化、脉络化的科普，帮助读者轻松简易地了解相关中国历史发展的大脉络，引起读者对历史的兴趣。相比于市面上的其它历史读物，该书最大的特点在于它用漫画这种最喜闻乐见的形式来讲解原本枯燥的历史知识。