A Selection from the Comprehensive History of China

Author: Lei Haizong
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Publishing Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book was used as a Chinese general history textbook at Tsinghua University in the 1930s. The entire work is based on classic historical texts, selecting key excerpts from a vast array of documents to integrate them into an organic and systematic Chinese general history. "It narrates the human forces behind the political, economic, and social changes of the nation from prehistory to the recent ethnic political and economic transformations, as well as the development of religion and thought." Before each chapter and section, the author wrote concise outlines with clear arguments, describing the pivotal points of Chinese historical changes to serve as prompts for readers when studying the documents. The scope covers politics, economy, military, religion, thought, and many other fields, with particular emphasis on highlighting tangible and intangible forces such as territorial boundaries, social hierarchies, and the centers of economic and cultural gravity. The description of historical periods further demonstrates the author's unique understanding of the development of Chinese history.
Author Bio: Lei Haizong (1902–1962), styled Bolun, was a native of Yongqing County, Hebei Province. He was a modern Chinese historian who was proficient in both Chinese and Western historiography. As a student at Tsinghua University, he obtained a Ph.D. from the Institute of History at the University of Chicago. He served as a professor at Central University, Jinling Women's University, Jinling University, and Wuhan University. From 1932 to 1952, he taught at his alma mater, Tsinghua University (and Southwest Associated University), holding positions as a professor, department head, and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1952, he was transferred to serve as a professor at the History Department of Nankai University. He passed away in Tianjin in 1962.
Lei Haizong's representative works include Chinese Culture and the Chinese Army (a collection of essays written before and during the War of Resistance), co-authored with Lin Tongji's Cultural Morphology History View. After his death, his lecture notes Outlines of Western Cultural History were edited and published by Wang Dunshu (Shanghai, 2001). Additionally, his unpublished works include The Political Thought of Du Halde (his doctoral dissertation in English) and Lectures on Ancient World History. A selected collection of his works is titled Bolun's Historical Studies (compiled by Wang Dunshu, Zhonghua Book Company, 2002).
This book was used as a Chinese general history textbook at Tsinghua University in the 1930s. The entire work is based on classic historical texts, selecting key excerpts from a vast array of documents to integrate them into an organic and systematic Chinese general history. "It narrates the human forces behind the political, economic, and social changes of the nation from prehistory to the recent ethnic political and economic transformations, as well as the development of religion and thought." Before each chapter and section, the author wrote concise outlines with clear arguments, describing the pivotal points of Chinese historical changes to serve as prompts for readers when studying the documents. The scope covers politics, economy, military, religion, thought, and many other fields, with particular emphasis on highlighting tangible and intangible forces such as territorial boundaries, social hierarchies, and the centers of economic and cultural gravity. The description of historical periods further demonstrates the author's unique understanding of the development of Chinese history.
Author Bio: Lei Haizong (1902–1962), styled Bolun, was a native of Yongqing County, Hebei Province. He was a modern Chinese historian who was proficient in both Chinese and Western historiography. As a student at Tsinghua University, he obtained a Ph.D. from the Institute of History at the University of Chicago. He served as a professor at Central University, Jinling Women's University, Jinling University, and Wuhan University. From 1932 to 1952, he taught at his alma mater, Tsinghua University (and Southwest Associated University), holding positions as a professor, department head, and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1952, he was transferred to serve as a professor at the History Department of Nankai University. He passed away in Tianjin in 1962.
Lei Haizong's representative works include Chinese Culture and the Chinese Army (a collection of essays written before and during the War of Resistance), co-authored with Lin Tongji's Cultural Morphology History View. After his death, his lecture notes Outlines of Western Cultural History were edited and published by Wang Dunshu (Shanghai, 2001). Additionally, his unpublished works include The Political Thought of Du Halde (his doctoral dissertation in English) and Lectures on Ancient World History. A selected collection of his works is titled Bolun's Historical Studies (compiled by Wang Dunshu, Zhonghua Book Company, 2002).