Reseraches And Discussion On "New Historigraphy" Conception Promoted By Liang Qichao

Liang Qichao, a famous ideologist, sociologist and historian in neoteric China, focusedon historiography, literature, politics, economy and Buddhism in his life. His most famousworks, New Historiography, was developed in the period of late of nineteen century to thebeginning of twenty century that is the critical period for Chinese ideology conversion. Thespecific epoch background endowed the historiography with exceptive practical function.In the dying period of nation, Liang Qichao not only summarized timely the laggard reasonsderived the social doctrine containing feudatori politics, feudatorial culture and feudatorialsystem, also studied actively evolutionism ideology from western society. On the base oforiented advanced western technology and China-western comparisons, Liang Qichaodeveloped new theory for saving the nation from extinction with the knowledge ofhistoriography. In the article the nature of New Historiography mainly discussed in theaspects of scientific, time enlightening and the influences on modern historiography with themasterstroke of Liang Qichao western studying background and patriotic thought. Theactions of Liang animadverting on social politics and feudatorial old historiography were alsoinvestigated. The main purpose of the article is to wish the readers to re-appreciate thepowerful convulsion of New Historiography in specific period of hundred anniversary andre-comprehend the valuable psychic inheritance. As the author of the article I hope tocontribute the amalgamation of modern historiography, political science and other socialscience in my best.