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西方古代的天下观
Editor-in-chief Liu Xiaofeng
This collection of translations collects some basic documents used by Western academic circles to study the early historical stories of "world history": from the Hellenistic period, through the Roman Empire to the late Middle Ages. It is equivalent to continuing the book "From Universal History to Historicism" just published in December last year, continuing to trace the historical story of the concept of "universal history". The book is divided into two units. The first unit starts with two original texts from the Hellenistic period, followed by papers on ancient Western history books by two authoritative contemporary scholars of ancient Western history, which helps us understand the style and nature of ancient Western history writing. The following five papers focus on the following questions: What is the historical relationship between the emergence of "common history" (also called "universal history" or "world history" today) and the empire dreamed of Alexander the Great and the subsequent rise of the Roman Empire? What kind of "common history" view did the Western intellectuals and emperors at that time reflect on the "world"? From the perspective of Latin Christianity, the "world" view of ancient Greek and Roman intellectuals took on a new meaning. The second unit starts with Eusebius during the establishment of the Second Roman Empire, the Christian Empire, and ends with Joachim in the 12th century, just before the imperial power of the Holy See was about to reach its peak. According to Spengler and Voegelin, the masters of historical philosophy in the 20th century, Joachim decisively influenced the "universal history" view of modern Europeans. In recent years, Mr. Liu Xiaofeng, driven by his awareness of China's problems, has devoted himself to studying world history and the history of its formation.
This collection of translations collects some basic documents used by Western academic circles to study the early historical stories of "world history": from the Hellenistic period, through the Roman Empire to the late Middle Ages. It is equivalent to continuing the book "From Universal History to Historicism" just published in December last year, continuing to trace the historical story of the concept of "universal history". The book is divided into two units. The first unit starts with two original texts from the Hellenistic period, followed by papers on ancient Western history books by two authoritative contemporary scholars of ancient Western history, which helps us understand the style and nature of ancient Western history writing. The following five papers focus on the following questions: What is the historical relationship between the emergence of "common history" (also called "universal history" or "world history" today) and the empire dreamed of Alexander the Great and the subsequent rise of the Roman Empire? What kind of "common history" view did the Western intellectuals and emperors at that time reflect on the "world"? From the perspective of Latin Christianity, the "world" view of ancient Greek and Roman intellectuals took on a new meaning. The second unit starts with Eusebius during the establishment of the Second Roman Empire, the Christian Empire, and ends with Joachim in the 12th century, just before the imperial power of the Holy See was about to reach its peak. According to Spengler and Voegelin, the masters of historical philosophy in the 20th century, Joachim decisively influenced the "universal history" view of modern Europeans. In recent years, Mr. Liu Xiaofeng, driven by his awareness of China's problems, has devoted himself to studying world history and the history of its formation.