Chinese Concise History of Historiography

Author: Qu Lindong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a specialized work that studies and discusses the history of the development of Chinese historiography. It is divided into three parts—Upper, Middle, and Lower—with chapters that explore the process of Chinese historiography's development, the system of historians and historical institutions, the content and form of historical texts, the historical status of private historical writings by historians, the organization and methods of historical documents, historical concepts, historiographical theory, as well as the fundamental laws and excellent traditions of historiographical development. It provides an in-depth analysis of previous historiographical research achievements and, based on this foundation, elaborates on topics and perspectives that were previously unaddressed. The book is well-documented, insightful in its analysis, and concise in its arguments, making it a powerful work that reflects the current achievements of Chinese historiographical research.