As commonly believed in historical accounts: A comparison between Chinese and Western historiography

Author: Wang Rongzu
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: The author is a senior professor and historian at Virginia State University in the United States, with expertise spanning both Eastern and Western studies. This book is based on the "Historical Records Chapter" of The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons and is divided into twenty-four thematic sections, including: Records, Recording Events and Speeches, Highlighting Virtue and Condemning Evil, the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Zuo Zhuan, the Zhan Guo Ce, Sima Qian, Biographies, Ban Gu, the Later Han Histories, Chen Shou, Histories of the Wicked Dynasties, Centuries Past, Prosperity and Decline, the Stone Chamber and Golden Treasury, Critical Evaluations, Summaries, Matching Criticisms, Trustworthy Histories, Simultaneous Records, Pure Intent, Straight Pens, Comprehensive Understanding, and the Duty of Historians. Major issues in both Eastern and Western historiography are thoroughly analyzed. The book is well-supported by references and offers unique insights, demonstrating the author's decades of dedication to historical research. It remains highly scholarly valuable to this day. An appendix includes a bibliography, a list of translated titles, and a name index.