臺灣通史 唐山過海的故事

This slim volume sets out to patch the long‑standing lacuna in Taiwan’s recorded past. Its author explains, in a clear‑spoken preface, how earlier chronicles ignored the island’s first three centuries, focusing only on later Dutch and Qing administrations. Drawing on scattered annals, oral lore and archaeological clues, the work recreates the earliest mythic visions of a remote, mist‑shrouded land, the stone‑age peoples who roamed its ridges, and the first tentative contacts with mainland explorers.

The narrative then follows the slow arrival of Chinese envoys and traders during the Sui and Tang eras, describing how they first mapped the coast, met the island’s diverse tribes, and recorded their customs in vivid detail. These early encounters, set against the backdrop of shifting regional powers, lay the groundwork for the complex political and cultural transformations that would follow, offering listeners a richly textured portrait of Taiwan’s formative centuries.