A Study Of Shao’s Historiography In Eastern Zhejiang In Qing Dynasty

At the turn of Ming and qing dynasties,the traditional Chinese society changed greatly,and the academic trend of thought also changed,Many scholars have realized the drawbacks of neo-confucianism and mind-learning since the song and Ming dynasties.They advocated applying the classics to practice and formed a new style of study,which had a profound impact on the development of traditional historiography and social changes.Eastern zhejiang has a fine tradition of historical research since ancient times,In the late Ming and early qing dynasties,the eastern zhejiang school paid close attention to the society and studied the history,and a large number of historians,such as huang zongxi,wan sitong,shao tingcai,shao jinhan and zhang xuecheng,who paid close attention to the reality and advocated applying the classics to the world,emerged.Although these historians lived in different times and different environments and had different perspectives on historiography,they integrated and connected from historical viewpoints to research methods and passed on to each other,making great contributions to the development of historiography in eastern zhejiang in the qing dynasty.Represented by shao tingcai and shao jinhan,shao family moved to the eastern part of zhejiang province since the song dynasty.It has a long history in the eastern part of zhejiang.During the Ming and qing dynasties,traditional historiography entered a period of summary and evolution.In this period,shao tingcai,shao jinhan and other members of the shao family paid attention to historiography based on reality and wrote books,which had an important impact on the development of historiography.At the same time,shao jinhan,a member of the shao family,was also the editor of the siku historical museum during the qianlong period.He served in the imperial court historical museum for a long time.It is worth noting that the historical research activities of the shao family were closely related to the eastern zhejiang historical school in the qing dynasty.Shao tingcai and shao jinhan,members of the shao family,were not only famous historians at that time,but also important members of the eastern zhejiang historical school,who played an important role in the development of the eastern zhejiang historical school.Under the influence of family culture and the exchange and study of regional learning,shao’s historiography showed its unique academic characteristics,from the transformation and construction of philosophical historiography to world history,paying attention to the real society and transforming the traditional historiography.At the same time,some historical concepts of shao tingcai and shao jinhan were also influenced by the political environment at that time.Therefore,clarifying the development process and academic characteristics of shao’s historiography can not only further understand their academic thoughts,but also reveal the great background and social environment change of the development of historiography in eastern zhejiang.