Rui Haizong and Twentieth-Century Chinese Historiography (A Collection of Essays in Commemoration of the Centennial of Professor Rui Haizong's Birth)

Author: Nankai University College of History
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Lei Haizong, styled Bolun, was born in Yongqing County, Hebei Province in 1902. In 1927, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, USA. After returning to China, he taught at Nanjing Central University, Wuhan University, Tsinghua University, and Southwest Associated University, holding positions such as professor and department head. In 1952, during the nationwide reorganization of academic institutions, Lei Haizong was transferred to serve as the director of the World History Teaching and Research Section of the History Department at Nankai University. He passed away on December 12, 1962. Professor Lei Haizong was a scholar of great erudition and virtue, whose academic research spanned the realms of ancient and modern China and the world. His scholarly works formed a unique system, profound and extensive, and he published important essays such as A Study of the Shang-Zhou Period, The Forms and Examples of History, and Climate and Agriculture in Ancient and Modern North China. His representative work is Chinese Culture and Chinese Warfare, and his recent published works include An Outline of Western Cultural History and The Collected Works of Bolun.