As the saying goes, "A commoner without guilt but possessing treasures will invite disaster upon himself." Li Mingshen brought back so many books that, if one could understand and grasp the theories within, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of tidal wave they could unleash in this era.
These are not simply entries from Baidu Encyclopedia.
In the unique historical milieu of the early 19th century, the progress of human civilization could be described as evolving by leaps and bounds.
Along with advances in productivity, various social and humanistic disciplines also experienced explosive leaps forward, with new schools of thought, technological discoveries, or specialized fields emerging intermittently…
What an ordinary person learns from history textbooks is but one percent of it… Saying one percent is already an exaggeration—it's safe to say that 99.9% of people have never even skimmed the first page of the "Ma Series Manifesto."