Historical and Literary Miscellany

Author: Wu Jiang
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts: The first part consists of several short essays, primarily focusing on traditional Chinese culture. The second part, except for the essay "The Historical Evolution of Legalist Thought" written in 1976 to critique praise for Legalism, is excerpted from the author's book "A Brief Examination of Chinese Feudal Ideology—A Review of Confucianism" (published by the Central Party School Press in 1993), with some minor revisions. The third part mainly includes critiques of several historical issues, raising questions about the modern value of traditional historiography and the need to reconstruct new historiography, concluding with the essay "The Influence of Feudalism in Contemporary China." This essay primarily cites others' arguments and utilizes two rather rare actual investigation materials on rural patriarchal forces to demonstrate that feudal influence still exists severely today.