从晚清到民国

Opium War unveils the preclude of once-in-two-thousand-year 'socio-cultural transformation'. In the eyes of historian Tang Degang, cultural historical view is just like natural historical view. The battle in 1840 not only gave rise to a grand transformation in Chinese social and political system, but also caused hundred years of turbulence along with the history. Only by experiencing this, did China reconnect with the outside world.