饥饿的盛世: 乾隆时代的得与失

Qian Long Flourishing Age was the peakedness in Chinese history. The GDP accounted global one-third. However, Glossy appearance was unable to cover the internal rotting. The most meticulous, perfect and solid despotic rule in Chinese history cultivated selfish, cold, numb slaves who paid no attention to public affairs. The largest literary inquisition in the history of China broke the backbone of scholars and Chinese scholars never stand up again. Macartney came to China in 1793. But the entire empire was completely ignore in front of the world situation and missed the last opportunity to integrate into the world actively and lead to the later First Opium War (Britains invasion of China, 1840-1842). This book impresses readers a color Flourishing Age view and reveals the secret of modern China lost by analyzing Qian Long Age deeply.