Chinese History and Literature

New Ways to Examine China's Past

Chinese History and Literature: New Ways to Examine China's Past collects important studies on Chinese history and literature studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including the study of Chinese Economic History, 'Jiangnan Identity' in Chinese history and literature, a new study on the cause of the great proscription, the artistic presentation of a tragic character, among others.

This book is the second volume in the WSPC-ECNU Series on China. The WSPC-ECNU Series showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in social sciences and humanities studies about China. The Series is jointly launched by World Scientific Publishing, the most reputable English academic publisher in Asia, and ECNU, a top University in China with a long history of exchanges with the international academic community.

Contents:

• The Challenges to the Study of Chinese Economic History: On the Problématique of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of Modern World Economy (Wang Jiafan)
• A Rediscovery of 'Jiangnan': On 'Jiangnan Identity' in Chinese History and Literature (Hu Xiaoming)
• The Gentry, the Power of the Gentry and State Power in the Late Qing Dynasty (Yang Guoqiang)
• A New Study on the Cause of the Great Proscription: Based on The Book of the Later Han by Fan Ye (Mou Fasong)
• From 'Negative Equality' to 'Positive Equality': The Transformation of the Idea of Equality in China since the Turn of the 20th Century (Gao Ruiquan)
• Tianxia-ism, the Distinction Between the Civilized and the Unicivilized, and Their Variations in Modern China (Xu Jilin)
• A Brief Summary of Mao Haijian's Research on the Historical Facts of the Reform Movement of 1898 (II) (Li Wenjie)
• The Artistic Presentation of a Tragic Character and His Course of Life: A Brief Comment on the Poems and Essays by Chen Baochen, and 'Adherent of the Qing Dynasty' (Liu Yongxiang)
• A Study on the History of Chinese Xiaoshuo in Terms of Terminological Interpretations: A Brief Introduction to Annotations on Terminologies of Genres and Writing Techniques in Ancient Chinese Fictions (Tan Fan)
• The Status and Uniqueness of Modern Chinese Xiaoshuo(Chen Dakang)
• Retrospection, Introspection and Possible Orientations of Shanghai Local Autonomy in the Late Qing: A Textual Survey (Qu Jun)
• Obligation Recognition in Moral Textbooks at the Early Republic of China (Gu Hongliang)
• Theoretical Features and Practices of Chinese Cultural Conservation in the 20th Century (Hu Fengxiang)
• Southward Migration and Northward Recurrence: The Historical Image of Changes in Chinese Literature in the 20th Century (Yang Yang)
• The 'Emancipation' of Ah Q and the 'Perversion' of Enlightment: A Reexploration of The True Story of the Q (Luo Gang)

Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in Chinese history and literature.