After reading this book, I realized that modern China is threeA hundred years of history is simply a history of gangs.
This book was written by Qin Baoqi, a professor at the Chinese People's UniversityGangs and Revolutions: Three Hundred Years of Romance in the Rivers and Lakes。Based on real materials such as archives, local chronicles, and memoirs, this book reproduces the intricate and confusing society of China in the past 300 years, and uncovers the inextricable links between gangs and revolutions.
Open this book, you can see a panorama of the ups and downs of the Chinese gang in the past three hundred years-
In 1786, Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan rebelled, setting off the first gang anti-Qing struggle;
In 1853, the Shanghai Little Knife Society revolted and established the revolutionary regime "Daming State";
The Liangguang Tiandihui revolted and became the main force in the southern provinces in response to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement
From 1886 to 1898, the Church of the Elders launched several violent campaigns against foreign religions
The revolutionaries led the gangs to the revolution, and the overseas Hongmen squandered their money
The boss crisscrosses the business sea and the world, and his influence spreads far to the overseas Chinese world.
Over the past three hundred years, the Chinese gangs have gone through ups and downs, not only through a vigorous revolutionary process, but also into the *** that has been criticized by people, some have always been unknown, and some have notIt has set off turbulent waves in history. They are like a pair of invisible hands, becoming a hidden force behind every historical progress and setback.
Gang groups have existed in history for a long time, and have even shaped a unique group culture - gang culture, and Guan Gong is their common spiritual symbol. They have their own rules and their own rules of survival, and they are also the fanatical forces that can most break down the existing order and subvert the rule of the dynasty.
Such a force was born on the unique soil of China, unlike any other country or region in the world. The unique living environment has created the unique group characteristics of Chinese gangs: they "do not produce", have no fixed occupation, and they are most eager for success and change their destinyThey do not have a stable place to live, and even fall into the grass, they are bold and reckless, and they are the most advocacious in the "public ownership" of the world.
The Chinese Gangs have undoubtedly influenced the course of China's recent history, and this perspective is indispensable for understanding the past and the present. However, in the traditional historical narrative, gangs are often ignored as a marginal group, and become a ** society that has always played a subtle role but has been ignored.
Different perspectives on the problem will naturally see different results. Compared to the grand historical mainstream narrative, this oneGangs & Revolutions:Three hundred years of rivers and lakesIt can clearly present the true form of traditional Chinese underclass society. Through this perspective, another China has undoubtedly been discovered. Click on the product card below to collect it with one click (it is recommended to collect the "Three Books of Chinese Nomads").