On the Six Classics. Lectures on Chinese History

Author: Xiong Shili
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book includes three works by Xiong Shili: On the Six Classics, Lectures on Chinese History, and Outline of Chinese History. On the Six Classics discusses the Six Classics—Poetry, Book of Documents, Rites, Yi, Music, and Spring and Autumn Annals—with particular emphasis on the Rites Classic, especially the Rites of Zhou. It elaborates on Confucian governance principles and expresses the utopian ideals of Confucian socialism, characterized by strong utopian socialist tendencies. Lectures on Chinese History, written during the War of Resistance, aims to promote national spirit through exploring Chinese history and provides a historical basis for the united resistance of all ethnic groups. The author attempts to prove that the Han, Manchu, Mongol, Hui, and Tibetan ethnic groups share the same origin, although this argument is not entirely scientific, it fully reflects the author's sense of national crisis and patriotic sentiments. Outline of Chinese History was written to clarify the general history of China. The points the author emphasizes about historical writing and his views on Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism reveal his perspectives on ethnicity, history, and the history of scholarship, which can be compared with Lectures on Chinese History. Additionally, the book reveals how the common people use "weapons of the weak" to fight for their own fate.