The Second Tang Dynasty – The 12 Sons of Fragrant Mountain Who Changed China
唐家王朝——改變中國的十二位香山子弟
This book describes the lives of 12 extraordinary men from Guangdong province who lived during the late Qing and early Republican period and played major roles in the worlds of business, education, law, medicine and the military. They were pioneers in the modernisation of China. One was the first Chinese to graduate from Yale University, another the first to learn Western medicine in Europe and a third the first president of Tsinghua University. They were three of the 12 sons of Fragrant Mountain (Xiangshan, now Zhongshan) in Guangdong province who changed the destiny of China.
在香山（今中山）這個位置偏遠、人煙稀少的城鎮，誕生了十二位改寫近代中國歷史的人物——當中包括帶領第一批中國幼童赴美留學的容閎、第一個在歐洲接受西醫培訓的中國人黃寬、中華民國首任總理唐紹儀、清華大學首任校長唐國安、茶業大王唐翹卿、永安百貨創始人郭樂等等。本書以這十二位生活在晚清至民國初年的香山子弟為題材，展現他們成就卓越而波瀾壯闊的人生。他們在教育、醫療、商業、法律、政治、軍事等眾多領域發揮了重要作用，是推動中國走向現代化的先驅者。這些人物的生平，亦從側面呈現那段歷史時期戰爭頻繁、充滿變數與不穩定的面貌。