China Primary School History Special History Series of Books

Author: Hu Qiguang
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on the research and discussion of the history of Chinese primary school (Ancient Chinese Linguistics and Philology). After elaborating on the evolution of the meaning of "primary school," the characteristics of the primary school tradition, and the division of the history of primary school in the form of an "Introduction," the book discusses in chapters the origins, establishment, development, turning points, and end of primary school from the Zhou and Qin periods to the late Qing Dynasty. It provides necessary introductions and explanations on the fundamental content of primary school, including textual criticism, phonology, and etymology, as well as scholars who made significant achievements and had a profound influence in the history of primary school development. The book also makes beneficial references and absorptions of the research results in primary school studies.