Collection of Flowing Waters (rizhiwencong)
by Dai Haibin
About This Novel
This book is one of the "Japanese Knowledge Collection". It is a collection of book reviews and essays written by Professor Dai Haibin in the past ten years on the research fields of modern China's political diplomacy, social culture, and academic ideological history. It is a reflection on the academic atmosphere and research results. This collection is named "Flowing Water", which comes from the famous line "After the floating clouds parted, the flowing water lasted for ten years" in the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu's "Meeting Old Friends in Liangchuan on the Huai River", it is a historian's lament, concern and worry about reality and history. The book is divided into four parts. The first is a case study on the research on modern history during the Republic of China; the second is a review of recent research works on the history of modern politics and diplomacy; the third is a reflection on the research paradigms and methods of modern history; and the fourth is essays on personal academic exchanges. The writing style of this book is concise and fluent, and the discussion is profound and simple. It goes beyond the serious writing style of ordinary academic treatises. While expressing professional academic reflection and academic criticism, it is also suitable for general literature and history lovers to read and appreciate the interest of modern history.
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