What Happened in Those Jiazi Years

Ancient Chinese civilization has a long and profound history, vast and deep, like a brilliant pearl shining with the light of human wisdom.

From Hongshan culture and Liangzhu culture, to Dayu taming the floods, and then to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and on to the present-day Chinese nation, this long river of history has seen Chinese civilization continuously renewed with vitality, becoming one of the brightest civilizations in the world.

This work specially selects major events that drew attention during the cyclical years from 4017 BCE to the first year of the Common Era, using plain and easy-to-understand language to guide readers in comparing the Chinese civilization of the time with other ancient civilizations, so as to understand more deeply the rich connotations of Chinese culture.