Zhu Xizu and his Collection of Prefaces and Postscripts of Books about the Ming Dynasty History

Zhu xizu is a famous historian of the South Ming Dynasty in the Republic of China(1912-1949).He has studied the history of the South Ming Dynasty for decades.He experienced hard time and searched and collated a lot of books about the South Ming Dynasty history.He has written quite a number of prefaces and postscripts to the books and then collected in his book of Collection of Prefaces and Postscripts of Books about the Ming Dynasty History,which covers extensive history,rich knowledge and well-organized,reflects writer's historical thought and working method.Zhu Xizu discovers not only many exceptional historical materials with good examination of their writers,existing or not,editions and source of the materials but also many historic events through his many discoveries about the Ming Dynasty.His book is a pioneering work of studying the South Ming Dynasty history and supplies precious materials for studying the history of the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing dynasty.