There is a deep bias between academic works and bestsellers, and academics feel that bestsellers are worthless;Best-selling authors complain that academic works are boring and boring, and no one reads them at all.
However, in the age of the Internet, there is still such a bias, and both academics and best-selling authors are in danger of being "shuffled". In this regard, Li Yun, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, boiled down to three major problems.
The first layer is called the meta-problemIt is the fundamental question facing humanity: what is man, what man lives for, why man needs order, why resources are always scarce. These answers constitute the academic value of a book, but the answers given by the academic community are so complex that ordinary people want to run away from them when they read it.
The second layer is called the original problemIt is the curiosity and interest that ordinary people intuitize when facing life. It determines whether a book can be liked by more people.
The third layer is called the source problemIt is to truly turn that knowledge into a person's assets and tools, so that it can be used for our lives, our times, and our people.
However, it is far more difficult to achieve the third point than the first two, because it requires an intellectual to have real insight, which is not the same thing as knowledge, and sometimes, a deep insight can tell the essence in one sentence. And sometimes a book is written with a thousand words and a lot of references, but its core ideas and insights are mediocre and pitiful.
Mr. Li Yun chose the most important, most sensitive, and urgently needed topic of our time—Western civilization—to solve this major source problem. Many Western historical works tell you about the historical events of the West, and use a "Outline of Western History" of less than 400 pages to tell you the source behind the events - ideas that can be used in this era.
Why hasn't the West alternated between glory and darkness over and over again, as in Chinese history?- Is democracy a good thing or a bad thing?How did commercial civilization come out?-- Why did Britain become the world's first, why did the United States become the world hegemon, and how can freedom and power be compatible?- Is the West decaying?
The most powerful thing about Mr. Li Yun is that he used a simple framework of "two verticals and three horizontals" to sort out such a complex Western history: "two verticals", that is, the relationship between civilization and barbarism, the relationship between ancient and modern - two large scales;
"Three horizontals", that is, the will to survive and wisdom, the generation and circulation of power, the integration and conflict of civilizations - three major clues.
Being able to explain complex issues in a concise manner is an advanced ability. When I read other history books, the more I read, the more tiring and tedious I became, and the more I read his books, the simpler and clearer they became. 
This book is not a "general knowledge course", but grasps the important nodes in the evolution of history and talks about a complete set of "big logic". Historical knowledge is the introduction of medicine, and great logic is true insight. In the general logic of "Outline of Western History", Mr. Li Yun has found 50 most critical historical nodes, stringing together the 3,000-year history of the evolution of Western civilization, and clearly explaining to you how ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the Middle Ages and the modern West have come all the way, so that you can re-understand the West and see the present and future ...... of China
We were fortunate enough to get a batchTeacher Li Yun signed the book, the number is limited, interested book lovers, as soon as possible.