呂思勉先生是舉世公認(rèn)一生讀書多的史學(xué)家，尤其以通讀“二十四史”數(shù)遍而傳為美談，其國學(xué)功底之深厚可見一斑。
本書初完成于1939年，分為上、下兩冊，上冊分別介紹了我國古代社會(huì)的經(jīng)濟(jì)、政治和文化發(fā)展脈絡(luò)，內(nèi)容包括婚姻、族制、政體、階級(jí)、財(cái)產(chǎn)、官制、選舉、賦稅、兵制、刑法、實(shí)業(yè)、貨幣、衣食、住行、教育、語文、學(xué)術(shù)和宗教，共計(jì)十八類；下冊按照歷史朝代的發(fā)展順序，逐一敘述了我國社會(huì)的沿承變革。此次本書重新編排為上下編，本書在盡量刪繁就簡的同時(shí)，也在盡量保持原著內(nèi)容，并且力求在此基礎(chǔ)上凸顯原著風(fēng)格，以便為廣大讀者朋友奉上一道原汁原味的史學(xué)大餐。
推薦一：華人世界公認(rèn)的國史巨著，顧頡剛、余英時(shí)、錢穆、柏楊、易中天、于丹推崇備至的史學(xué)大師。
推薦二：中國歷史上部白話中國通史，民國時(shí)期發(fā)行量的一部中國通史，見解獨(dú)到，考證翔實(shí)，語言通俗易于閱讀。
推薦三：我國歷史上有許多的史學(xué)讀本，但這些讀本多是文言寫就，不適合普通讀者閱讀，而呂思勉先生這本書簡明扼要，行文淺顯，易于閱讀，是全面了解中國歷史的入門讀物。
推薦四：呂思勉先生國學(xué)基礎(chǔ)深厚，治史的意趣卻不保守。本書滲透著呂思勉用新方法、新思想來整理舊國故的精神，被公認(rèn)為民國以來影響頗深的中國通史。
呂思勉（1884—1957）字誠之，江蘇常州人。中國近代歷史學(xué)家、國學(xué)大師。先后曾在常州府中學(xué)堂、蘇州東吳大學(xué)、江蘇省立師范專修科等校任教，學(xué)生中包括后來成為文史大家的錢穆、趙元任、黃永年等人。呂思勉是史學(xué)界公認(rèn)的史籍讀得多的一位學(xué)者，“二十四史”曾通讀數(shù)遍。他也是我國現(xiàn)代史學(xué)界一位在通史、斷代史和專題史等諸多領(lǐng)域都做出了重大貢獻(xiàn)的歷史學(xué)家。
上編·中國文化史
章婚姻························································································ 002
第二章族制························································································ 020
第三章政體························································································ 032
第四章階級(jí)························································································ 045
第五章財(cái)產(chǎn)························································································ 059
第六章官制························································································ 076
第七章選舉························································································ 088
第八章賦稅························································································ 102
第九章兵制························································································ 116
第十章刑法························································································ 133
第十一章實(shí)業(yè)····················································································· 148
第十二章貨幣····················································································· 164
第十三章衣食····················································································· 176
第十四章住行····················································································· 191
第十五章教育····················································································· 205
第十六章語文····················································································· 216
第十七章學(xué)術(shù)····················································································· 228
第十八章宗教····················································································· 254
上編·中國政治史
史前文明總論····················································································· 266
章中國民族的由來····································································· 269
第二章中國史的年代········································································ 274
第三章古代的開化··········································································· 276
第四章夏殷西周的事跡····································································· 283
第五章春秋戰(zhàn)國的競爭和秦國的統(tǒng)一················································· 288
第六章古代對(duì)于異族的同化······························································ 293
第七章古代社會(huì)的綜述····································································· 296
第八章秦朝治天下的政策································································· 300
第九章秦漢間封建政體的反動(dòng)··························································· 303
第十章漢武帝的內(nèi)政外交·································································· 308
第十一章前漢的衰亡········································································ 312
第十二章新室的興亡········································································ 315
第十三章后漢的盛衰········································································ 319
第十四章后漢的分裂和三國······························································ 324
第十五章晉初的形勢········································································ 327
第十六章五胡之亂（上）································································· 331
第十七章五胡之亂（下）································································· 334
第十八章南北朝的始末···································································· 338
第十九章南北朝隋唐間塞外的形勢···················································· 344
第二十章隋朝和唐朝的盛世····························································· 347
第二十一章唐朝的中衰···································································· 350
第二十二章唐朝的衰亡和沙陀的侵入················································ 354
第二十三章五代十國的興亡和契丹的侵入·········································· 359
第二十四章唐宋時(shí)代中國文化的轉(zhuǎn)變················································· 364
第二十五章北宋的積弱···································································· 368
第二十六章南宋恢復(fù)的無成······························································ 373
第二十七章蒙古大帝國的盛衰··························································· 379
第二十八章 漢族的光復(fù)事業(yè)······························································ 384
第二十九章明朝的盛衰····································································· 388
第三十章明清的興亡········································································ 392
第三十一章 清代的盛衰···································································· 397
第三十二章中西初期的交涉······························································ 401
第三十三章漢族的光復(fù)運(yùn)動(dòng)······························································ 406
第三十四章清朝的衰亂····································································· 410
第三十五章清朝的覆亡····································································· 414
第三十六章革命途中的中國······························································ 419
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