Cheng Qinghua's Historical Writings

Author: Cheng Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This collection is edited and published by the Department of History at Beijing Normal University to commemorate the late Professor Cheng Qinghua. Professor Cheng was one of the founders of the Department of History at BNU and an expert in the study of ancient Chinese history. He dedicated his entire life to teaching and researching ancient Chinese history, nurturing young faculty members, and establishing and developing the BNU. His contributions to the Department of History at BNU were immense. This book includes many of Professor Cheng's unpublished papers and lecture notes from his lifetime, which hold great reference value for the study of ancient Chinese history. The present collection, Cheng Qinghua's Historical Writings, was compiled by his colleagues, students, and family on the tenth anniversary of his passing. This anthology gathers some of his major works from different periods:
1. During the War of Resistance Against Japan:
- Sixteen Topics on the Practice of Historical Source Studies
- An Overview of the Comprehensive Evolution of Ancient Chinese Politics and Religion
- Key Entries in Han Dynasty Historical Texts
- Preface
2. After the War of Resistance:
- A Study on the Dynastic System of Ancient Chinese History
- On the Historical Tradition of China—The Spirit of Chinese History
3. After the founding of the People's Republic of China:
- Our Opinions on the Primary School Textbook ([volume number]) (published in People's Daily in 1953)
- A Brief Discussion on Historical Materialism and Historical Science
- Reminiscences of My Teacher Zheng Tianting
4. During the academic year 1960-1961, two lecture notes on ancient and medieval Chinese history were mimeographed for my classmates. These lecture notes were well-received by students. Six articles in this collection, such as The Cultural Conditions of the Zhou Dynasty and The Culture During the Formative Period of the Feudal Society in China (Warring States and Han Dynasties), were selected from these two lecture notes.