一本百年史

好久没有在Kobo上买书了，最近买了一本小书，也断断续续地看完了。

这本书有几个特点：

1. 多人写作写成，其中还有两位中国大陆的学者。当然，由于理所当然的顾虑，两人落笔都极为谨慎和委婉，有浓重的“王顾左右而言他”的味道。
2. 以CCP百年历史，分为10段，一段10年。每段都集中在一个特定人物——都不一定都是领导人——身上。比如，1990年代写了王元化，2010年代写了一个郭美美。
3. 和其他类似书籍一样，其参考的史料很多都是在大陆“限制级”的。

这本书的读书记录我会做（就是本文），但就不公开了。总体而言，和我之前看过的类似书籍的tone和感觉是一样的。

以下摘录一些句子。

1. We see successes and failures, hopes and regrets, and most poignantly the contingency of history – what happened was not inevitable but came about sometimes despite the efforts of loyal Party members or ambitious Party leaders. This history is not predetermined, but neither is it random.
2. In early 1957 Mao turned to urban intellectuals to trim the bureaucratism of the Party, but the criticism from intellectuals turned out not to be limited to and aimed at local leaders, but rather was systemic and aimed at the Party itself.

3. Mao’s aim in the campaign was to compel all Chinese Communists not only to bow to his authority but also to accept his view of their party’s past.

   这本书买得很值。