History Quote by Louise Levathes

For 'The Grace of Kings,' I read Han Dynasty historical records in Classical Chinese, which allowed me to get a sense of the complexity…

— Ken Liu

My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.

— Ai Weiwei

“Dynasties rise and fall according to what the Chinese used to call ‘the mandate of heaven’, but life for the peasant changes little.”

— Kenneth Minogue

“As for the ‘settling of accounts’ that Bao-yu had proposed to Qin Zhong, we have been unable to ascertain exactly what form this took;…

— Cao Xueqin

As the Chinese will tell you, history depends on your point of view.

— Tim Allen

“interrelated. In contrast to the Western approach of treating history as a process of modernity achieving a series of absolute victories over evil and…

— Henry Kissinger

“For ardent believers in Chinese exceptionalism, the Confucian tradition of political stability and centralized state power is the critical factor in the realization of…

— Patrick Mendis

“The resurrection of this once popular work [Ping Jinya's forgotten bestseller of the 1930s, Tides in the Human Sea ] is a reminder that…

— Mark Elvin

Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more archaeological and…

— Joseph Needham

“As a nationalist and a communist, Kim Taejun presented a subversive reading of The Story of Hong Gildong, in which he portrayed the purported…

— Heo Gyun

“My China Diary and Walking With Lions, were memoirs of his diplomatic and political experiences. The”

— Shashi Tharoor

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

— Hu Shih