A Comprehensive History of Chinese Historical Thought: The Song, Liao, and Jin Dynasties Volume

Author: Wu Huaiqi
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: Chinese historiography is a discipline under construction. From the recent development trends, this discipline requires the construction of branch disciplines such as the history of historical documents, the history of historical thought, the history of historical compilation, the history of historical literature, and comparative historical studies. Research on these branch disciplines can be period-specific, regional, or focused on individual historians, historical texts, or historiographical schools, as well as comprehensive studies on certain issues. This volume is largely based on the framework of A History of Song Dynasty Historiographical Thought, but it is not merely a reprint of past works and includes new reflections. For a deeper understanding of the relationship between Neo-Confucianism and historiography, it is necessary to study the connections between Song Dynasty Yi studies, Chunqiu studies, and historiography. Viewing the historiography of the Song, Liao, and Jin dynasties as a whole is a perspective derived from the context of world cultural development. The book includes chapters on: Ouyang Xiu's historiographical thought, the historical worldview of the Two Cheng brothers, the Huajijing and Shao Yong's historical philosophy, Liao Dynasty society and historiographical thought, Jin Dynasty historiographical thought, and Lu Zuxian's historiographical thought, among others.