Learning Follows the Times: Historians and Historiography in Twentieth-century China
by Yu Yunguo
About This Novel
In the 20th century, the world was in a state of flux, and academic scholarship was turbulent. Chinese historians inherited old learning, integrated new knowledge, and devoted themselves to the connection and transformation of old and new paradigms. At the same time, with the vicissitudes of life and the ups and downs of the country, the scholarship and destiny of historians also experienced ups and downs. This book takes famous historians such as Lu Simian, Chen Yuan, Chen Yinke, Gu Jiegang, Wu Han, Ding Zeliang, Yan Gengwang, Liu Zijian, Zhang Jiaju and Cheng Yingluo as typical cases, and reproduces their life trajectories and academic careers under the dramatic changes of the times. Its historical outlook and methodology not only outline the glorious achievements and twists and turns of China's history over the past century, but also truly restore the fate and mental journey of these historians, leaving deep thoughts for later generations when looking back on history. This book is Professor Yu Yunguo's research on modern historians and the context of historiography in the 20th century. The essays included were written over a period of 25 years and are the author's painstaking efforts in studying history for decades.
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