Preface 1: Reacquainting with Zhong Wen by Yan Jiaqi
Preface 2: History Needs to Be Re-examined by Xie Xuanjun
Preface 3: A Preface to Zhong Wen’s Masterpiece by Li Yong
Preface 4: Preface to a Concise Reader on Re-understanding Modern and Contemporary Chinese History by Rong Wei
Preface 5: Revisiting is a History of Modern China by Zhang Jie

Qing Dynasty
Chapter 01: Reassessing the Great Kangxi Emperor
Chapter 02: Reassessing the Opium War and the Daoguang Emperor
Chapter 03: Reassessing Hong Xiuquan — The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Cult of Arson, Killing, and Plunder; the Licentious Heavenly Court
Chapter 04: Reassessing Empress Dowager Cixi — Reflecting on the Catastrophe of the “Eight-Nation Alliance” and the Edicts of Self-Blame and Self-Reproach
Chapter 05: Reassessing Zuo Zongtang — A Great Achievement in the Recovery of Xinjiang
Chapter 06: Reassessing Zeng Guofan — The Foremost Confucian General, Master of Civil and Military Arts
Chapter 07: Reassessing Li Hongzhang: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Foremost Statesman
Chapter 08: Reassessing Zhang Zhidong — A Master Reformer Learned in Both Civil and Military Affairs, Bridging China and the West
Chapter 09: Reassessing Kang Youwei — Plotting to Mobilize Troops and Place Empress Dowager Cixi Under House Arrest, Thereby Ruining the Guangxu Emperor

Scholars
Chapter 10: Reassessing Liang Qichao — The Foremost Thinker of Constitutional Monarchy
Chapter 11: Reassessing Hu Shi — 70 Percent Native, 30 Percent Foreign, Firmly Rooted in the Confucian Tradition

Republic of China
Chapter 12: Reassessing Yuan Shikai — Two Great Errors: Toppling the Qing and Proclaiming Himself Emperor
Chapter 13: Reassessing Li Yuanhong: A Qing Dynasty Commander Turned Opportunist, Used as President
Chapter 14: Reassessing Zhang Xun: Reflections on the Restoration and Afterthoughts
Chapter 15: Reassessing Feng Guozhang: Deceived by Sun into “Peaceful Unification,” Missing the Chance to “Strike Straight at Guangdong and Guangxi”
Chapter 16: Reassessing Xu Shichang: The Qing Failed to Elevate Him, Chose Yuan Shikai Instead, and Lost the Realm
Chapter 17: Reassessing Cao Kun: One Year of Presidential Addiction That Ruined the Grand Cause of Unifying China with Wu Peifu
Chapter 18: Reassessing Feng Yuxiang: The Ever-Shifting General Who Followed the Wind, and His Mysterious Death by Suffocation on a Soviet Ship
Chapter 19: Reassessing Duan Qirui: The Most Incorruptible Premier of the Republic, Sustained in His Final Years by Chiang Kai-shek
Chapter 20: Reassessing Wu Peifu: Missing the 1924 Opportunity to Lead 300,000 Troops South to Guangzhou and Unify China
Chapter 21: Reassessing Zhang Zuolin — A Warlord of a Chaotic Age, His Unfinished Bid for Supremacy, Killed by Japan

Chinese Kuomintang
Chapter 22: Reassessing Sun Yat-sen
Chapter 23: Reassessing Chen Jiongming: Opposing Sun Yat-sen’s Northern Expedition, Provincial Federalism, Gradual Unification
Chapter 24: Reassessing Wang Jingwei: Political Failure, Moral Character Endures
Chapter 25: Reassessing Zhang Xueliang — The Xi’an Incident and How Stalin Saved Mao Zedong
Chapter 26: Reassessing “Mother of the Nation” Soong Ching-ling
Chapter 27: Reassessing Chiang Kai-shek: Mainland Lost to the Communists, Truman’s Blame 6, Chiang 4
Chapter 28: Reassessing Chiang Ching-kuo: The First Constitutionally Elected President of the Republic of China

Communist Party of China
Chapter 29: Reassessing Chen Duxiu: Upholding the Right Path Without Being Led by Mao
Chapter 30: Reassessing Qu Qiubai: Superfluous Words Are Not Superfluous; A Communist Leader Repents While Confucius Lives On
Chapter 31: Reassessing Zhang Guotao: Leaving the Party Without Harming It, Renewed Life
Chapter 32: Reassessing Gao Gang: Gao Gang’s Accidental Suicide, Mao Loses His Successor
Chapter 33: Reassessing Liu Shaoqi: The Earliest to Oppose Mao, Starved the People, Persecuted for Three Years During the Cultural Revolution
Chapter 34: Reassessing Lin Biao: Midway Rebellion Against Mao, Brought Down by Mao?
Chapter 35: Reassessing Zhou Enlai: Mao’s Vine, Master Schemer in Disguise, Loyal Henchman
Chapter 36: Reassessing Deng Xiaoping: Fifty Percent Merit, Fifty Percent Fault — Four Major Errors in a Lifetime (Part I)
Chapter 36: Reassessing Deng Xiaoping: Fifty Percent Merit, Fifty Percent Fault — Four Major Errors in a Lifetime (Part II)
Chapter 37: Reassessing Hu Yaobang: A Leader Who Might Have Led the CCP Away from Maoism
Chapter 38: Reassessing Zhao Ziyang: Refusing to Return to Power Without Redressing “June Fourth,” Dying in Anguish Under House Arrest
Chapter 39: Reassessing Jiang Zemin: Good Sino–U.S. Relations, Keeping a Low Profile While Getting Rich, and the Grave Mistake of Elevating Xi Jinping
Chapter 40: Reassessing Hu Jintao: Daring to Confront Xi Jinping, Still with Hope of a Return
Chapter 41: Reassessing Wen Jiabao: Disaster Relief First, Institutional Reform Second, Family Wealth Pending Review
Chapter 42: Reassessing Li Keqiang: Biden Let Xi Jinping Go, Xi Jinping Did Not Let Li Keqiang Go
Chapter 43: Reassessing Wang Yang: The Most Promising Candidate for General Secretary, Hopes Rest on Wang Yang
Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Mao Zedong’s Eighteen Dark Moments
Chapter 45: Xi Jinping’s Eight Dark Moments
Chapter 46: The Achievements and Failures of Seventeen U.S. Presidents in the Struggle Against Communism (1) (2) (3) (4)

Appendix 1: Optimistic 5-10 Year Expectations: China Will Abandon Mao Zedong—Xi Jinping
Appendix 2: Jesus and Muhammad Join Hands: Confucius and Gandhi as Bridges for World Peace
Appendix 3: India’s Fortune – Gandhi
Appendix 4: Reflections on “Re-understanding Modern Historical Figures”