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Twentieth-Century Chinese Historiography
One Hundred Years of Changes and Return of New Historiography and New Sinology
Series: - Brill's Humanities in China Library, Volume: 20
This book takes as its main thread the struggle and cyclical alternation between the New Historiography (rooted in China's narrative historical tradition) and the New Sinology (grounded in textual criticism) in modern Chinese historiography over the past century. Focusing primarily on the differing interpretations of historical scholarship's essence among various schools of historians during this period, it examines the resulting divergences in concepts, methodologies, and approaches. The work further evaluates the actual impact of these differences on the development of historical studies. This book is essential for anyone interested in the intersection of history, culture, and intellectual thought.
Wang Xuedian, Professor at Shandong University, currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Literature, History, and Philosophy. He specializes in researching modern and contemporary Chinese historical trends. He has published numerous monographs and authored over a hundred academic articles. Chen Feng, Professor at the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies at Shandong University, focuses on historical theory and 20th-century Chinese historiography. He has published over 50 research papers in Chinese leading academic journals.
Contents
Pronunciation and Transliterations
Introduction
1 Early Stage: Alternations between New Historiography and New Han Learning, 1900â1929
â1 Liang Qichaoâs Historiographical Revolution: Initiation of New Historiography
â2 Hu Shi and Gu Jiegangâs New Han Learning and Its Hindrance to the Development of New Historiography
â3 Orthodoxisation of New Han Learning: The Establishment of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2 Intermediate Stage: Mainstreaming of the Historical Materialism School, 1929â1989
â1 Rebirth of New Historiography: Emergence of Historical Materialism School
â2 Decline and Division of New Han Learning
â3 Swift Dominance and Ideological Shift of Historical Materialism School
â4 Unbroken Tradition of Historical Examination
3 The Last Decade: From the Revival of New Han Learning to the Return of New Historiography (1989â2000)
â1 Advent of the âNational Learning Feverâ
â2 Pragmatic Approaches in the Study of Socio-economic History
â3 Return of New Historiography: The Flourishing Study of Social History
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Pronunciation and Transliterations
Introduction
1 Early Stage: Alternations between New Historiography and New Han Learning, 1900â1929
â1 Liang Qichaoâs Historiographical Revolution: Initiation of New Historiography
â2 Hu Shi and Gu Jiegangâs New Han Learning and Its Hindrance to the Development of New Historiography
â3 Orthodoxisation of New Han Learning: The Establishment of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2 Intermediate Stage: Mainstreaming of the Historical Materialism School, 1929â1989
â1 Rebirth of New Historiography: Emergence of Historical Materialism School
â2 Decline and Division of New Han Learning
â3 Swift Dominance and Ideological Shift of Historical Materialism School
â4 Unbroken Tradition of Historical Examination
3 The Last Decade: From the Revival of New Han Learning to the Return of New Historiography (1989â2000)
â1 Advent of the âNational Learning Feverâ
â2 Pragmatic Approaches in the Study of Socio-economic History
â3 Return of New Historiography: The Flourishing Study of Social History
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
This book would be of immediate interest and relevance to university libraries, research institutes, sinologists, and post-graduate students in Chinese history, historiography, intellectual history, Sinology and related fields.