A Medieval Conclusion of History and Ideas of History

Wu, Huaiqi

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-56253-6_6

Huaiqi Wu³

Part of the book series: China Academic Library ((CHINALIBR))

506 Accesses

Abstract

What on earth are the embodiments of the growth of the historical writing? Concerned answers greatly differ from each other. In this regard, the present author concludes four types of historiographical development. First, formally, the growth is embodied in the growing number of history books and the diversifying genres of historical writing. Second, intellectually, the late generations of historians carry forward the idea of history by means of the critical (re-)examination of works penned by historians in previous ages.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Chapter: USD 29.95; Price excludes VAT (USA)

eBook: USD 119.00; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Softcover Book: USD 159.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Hardcover Book: USD 159.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

1.
See: Wang Weijian 王惟俭, “Xu 序” (Preface to Shitong), in Pu Qilong 浦起龙, Shitong tongshi 史通通释 [Completely annotated Shitong] (Shanghai: Shanghai shudian, 1988). See also: Zhang Zhenpei 张振珮, Shitong jianzhu 史通笺注 [Furthered annotations to and rectification of the annotated Shitong] (Guiyang: Guizhou renmin chubanshe, 1985). In the present book, the differentiation of Inner and Outer chapters and the table of contents of Shitong are based on Zhang’s work.
2.
Liu Xie 刘勰, Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龙, or The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, trans. Vincent Yu-chung Shih (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1959), pp. 229–230.
3.
Ibid., p. 252.
4.
Ibid., p. 15.
5.
Ibid., p. 17.
6.
Ibid., p. 20.
7.
Ibid., p. 91.
8.
Ibid., pp. 84, 85–86.
9.
Ibid., p. 87.
10.
Ibid., p. 88.
11.
Ibid., p. 89.
12.
Ibid., pp. 89–90.
13.
Ibid., p. 90.
14.
Ibid., 92.
15.
Ibid., pp. 92–93.
16.
Ibid., p. 93.
17.
Ibid., pp. 87–88.
18.
Ibid., pp. 86–87.
19.
Ibid., pp. 91–92.
20.
Ibid., pp. 83–84.
21.
Ibid., p. 84.
22.
Ibid., p. 85.
23.
Ibid., pp. 90–91.
24.
Ibid., p. 93.
25.
Ibid., p. 180.
26.
Ibid., p. 200.
27.
Ibid., p. 164.
28.
Ibid., p. 267.
29.
Translator’s note: Chen-wei 谶纬 was a prevalent mystical learning and practice, wherein the regular divination and Confucian ideas were fused together. To be specific, chen 谶 referred to the enigmatic words that were used by the diviners in sessions of divination; and wei 纬, the books embodying concerned superstitious Confucian interpretations.
30.
Liji 礼记, or The Book of Rites, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/liji/jing-jie/ens.
31.
Lunyu, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/analects/yan-yuan/ens.
32.
Ibid., http://ctext.org/analects/zi-lu/ens.
33.
See: Chapter 102, or “Liu Zixuan zhaun 刘子玄传” (The life of Liu Zixuan [i.e. Liu Zhiji]), in Jiu Tang shu 旧唐书 [Old book of Tang] (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1975); or Chapter 64, in Tang huiyao 唐会要 (The collection of established institutions in Tang).
34.
Shijing 诗经, or Book of Poetry, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/book-of-poetry/decade-of-dang/ens.
35.
Ibid., http://ctext.org/book-of-poetry/odes-of-bin/ens.
36.
Zhouyi 周易, or Book of Changes, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/book-of-changes/xi-ci-xia/ens.
37.
Theodore de Bary, et al., eds., Sources of Chinese Tradition (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1960), p. 434.

References

de Bary, Theodore, et al., eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1960).
Google Scholar
Jiu Tang shu 旧唐书 [Old book of Tang] (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1975).
Google Scholar
Liji 礼记, or The Book of Rites, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/liji/ens.
Liu, Xie 刘勰. Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龙, or The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, trans. Vincent Yu-chung Shih (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1959).
Google Scholar
Pu, Qilong 浦起龙. Shitong tongshi 史通通释 [Completely annotated Shitong] (Shanghai: Shanghai shudian, 1988).
Google Scholar
Shijing 诗经, or Book of Poetry, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/book-of-poetry/ens.
Tang huiyao 唐会要 [The collection of established institutions in Tang] (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1955).
Google Scholar
Zhang, Zhenpei 张振珮. Shitong jianzhu 史通笺注 [Furthered annotations to and rectification of the annotated Shitong] (Guiyang: Guizhou renmin chubanshe, 1985).
Google Scholar
Zhouyi 周易, or Book of Changes, trans. James Legge, http://ctext.org/book-of-changes/ens.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Huaiqi Wu

Authors

Huaiqi Wu
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Huaiqi Wu .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Wu, H. (2018). A Medieval Conclusion of History and Ideas of History. In: An Historical Sketch of Chinese Historiography. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56253-6_6

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56253-6_6
Published: 10 January 2018
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-56252-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-56253-6
eBook Packages: HistoryHistory (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics