Lai Haizong and Twentieth-Century Chinese Historiography: A Commemorative Collection on the Centennial of Professor Lai Haizong

Author: Nankai University College of History
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Lei Haizong, styled Bolun, was born in Yongqing County, Hebei Province in 1902. In 1927, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, USA. After returning to China, he taught at Nanjing Central University, Wuhan University, Tsinghua University, and Southwest Associated University, holding positions such as professor and department head. In 1952, during the nationwide reorganization of academic departments, Lei Haizong was transferred to serve as the director of the World History Teaching and Research Section of the History Department at Nankai University. He passed away on December 12, 1962. Professor Lei Haizong was a scholar of great erudition and virtue, whose academic research spanned ancient and modern China and the world. His studies formed a unique system, profound and extensive, and he published important papers such as A Study of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, The Forms and Examples of History, and Climate and Agriculture in Ancient and Modern North China. His representative work is Chinese Culture and Chinese Warfare, and his recently compiled and published works include An Outline of Western Cultural History and The Collected Works of Bolun.