A Study on the Party and Society Movements during the Ming-Qing Transition

Author: Xie Guozheng
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: In A Study of the Party and Society Movements during the Ming-Qing Transition, the author argues that the struggles between the Donglin Party and the activities of organizations like the Fushu and Jishu during the late Ming Dynasty were closely intertwined with the social and political conditions of the time. Drawing upon a wealth of official and unofficial historical records from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the author sifts through the sands to extract the essence, meticulously weaving together the interplay between the factional struggles of scholars and the course of historical development from the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty. Lu Xun highly praised this work, stating, "The author has diligently combed through the literature." Xie Guozheng (1901–1982) was a renowned historian. Since publishing A Study of the Servant Uprising during the Late Ming Dynasty in 1925, Xie Guozheng wrote extensively throughout his life. His major works include A Study of Late Ming Historical Records, A Study of the Party and Society Movements during the Ming-Qing Transition, Scholarly Trends during the Late Ming and Early Qing, A Brief History of the Southern Ming, Notes on Ming-Qing Historical Records, A Study of Gu Tinglin, and A Study of Huang Liqiu. In A Study of the Party and Society Movements during the Ming-Qing Transition, the author argues that the struggles between the Donglin Party and the activities of organizations like the Fushu and Jishu during the late Ming Dynasty were closely intertwined with the social and political conditions of the time. Drawing upon a wealth of official and unofficial historical records from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the author sifts through the sands to extract the essence, meticulously weaving together the interplay between the factional struggles of scholars and the course of historical development from the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty to the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty. Lu Xun highly praised this work, stating, "The author has diligently combed through the literature."