Ancient Greek, Roman and Ancient Chinese Historiography: an Exploration from a Comparative Perspective
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This book contains papers on the comparative study of ancient Chinese, Greek and Roman historiography by Professor Mu Qile, a master of German classics and University of Dresden. It was compiled by Professor Huang Yang from the History Department of Fudan University. The first part focuses on "Comparative observation of Greek, Roman and ancient Chinese historiography" "Cognitive horizons and social functions in ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese historiography" "Political organization and human behavior in ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese historiography" "Historical issues in ancient Rome" "The political thoughts of Tacitus (and Livy) and Sima Qian" "Tacitus and Sima Qian: Personalities "Human experience and historical perspective" and "The correlation between actions and consequences in ancient Chinese and Roman historiography"; the second part contains the author's theoretical reflections on comparative historiography, including "Sima Qian and his Western colleagues: On types of description", "Guidance and fact-based knowledge", "Comparison of ancient historiography", "Lei Haizong in the eyes of a European scholar" and other related topics.
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