Lecture on the Book of Changes (PDF)

Yang Tianshi, the author of the book, is an expert on Chiang Kai-shek and the history of the Republic of China. He has been highly regarded by both sides of the Taiwan Strait.Since the 1980s, he has begun to study the secret files of Chiang Kai-shek left in the mainland. He has been to Taipei to study Chiang's "e;Daxi Files"e; for many times and has extensively collected data in Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom.In 2006 and 2007, he went to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the United States twice to read the newly opened manuscript of Chiang Kai-shek's diary. After studying the newly opened manuscript, Yang Tianshi tried to seek the true face of Chiang Kai-shek, restore his original features, and disclose his latest research results in the book from Chiang Kai-shek's life, thoughts, activities and other aspects. All the articles in the book were written according to Chiang Kai-shek's diary manuscript and a large number of files and documents.It will reveal to readers Chiang Kai-shek's early thoughts, character and its development, and his unknown inner world; it also uncouvers many political secrets of modern China, such as the assassination of Tao (Chengzhang) after the Revolution of 1911, the mystery of Zhongshan Warship Incident, the home detention of Hu Hanmi, secret negotiations with Japan, the wrestle between China and the U.S. in Stilwell Incident, and Chiang's complicated mentality towards Mao Zedong during the KMT-CCP negotiations. The personal "e;affair"e; of Chiang Kai-shek is also clarified.