The Compar Ative Study On The General Outline Of Chinese History And The Outline Of Chinese History

The General Outline of Chinese History and The Outline of Chinese two famous historical books were born during the period of History,the two famous historical books were born during the period of Anti-Japanese War in1931-1945.The General Outline of Chinese History is aimed to awaken national spirits,feelings and souls,strengthening people's cultural confidence and inspiring them to win the anti-aggression War with firm belief.For Zhang Yinlin,considering that high school students at that time have poor knowledge of Chinese history,Zhang Yinlin wrote The Outline of Chinese History to popularize general historical knowledge and enrich people's common sense when facing the national unprecedented changes.And the book was regarded as a great help which can be in favor of Chinese insight.In terms of historic thought,Qian Mu used the character of “culture” “vita” “lifetime” to summarize the essence of history,thereby forming a systematical view of national cultural history life.Qian Mu emphasizes the national standard and stresses the importance of national culture for the historical development.So The General Outline of Chinese History is filled with full-bodied and heavy national sentiments..In Zhang Yinlin's view,the historiography is the combination of scientific spirit and artistic expressions,and it combines conventional Chinese historiography,Confucianism with Western modern philosophy and sociology.Through selecting documentary sources and describing the historical anecdotes,Zhang Yinlin wrote The Outline of Chinese History so as to reflect the scientific spirit and artistic style.In terms of stylistic rules and layout,Qian Mu abandons the conventional body outline(gangmuti),mixing zhangjieti and organizes the chapters and constructions in a time sequence.This type of arrangement not only strengthens contacts among historic elements in the direction of the vertical and horizontal but also forms an integrated context of general history.The Outline of Chinese History adopts new style which expounds the history by narration,and integrates with event-based historical records,biography and chapter body.It also excavates their advantages and features and forms a new event-based historical records.In terms of historical narration,The General Outline of Chinese History emphasizes the national standard and stress the importance of national culture for the historical development.Therefore,the whole book is full of full-bodied and heavy national sentiments.As The Outline of Chinese History values the social changes,thought contribution and character of some important people,the narrative style of Zhang Yinlin show its cold,rational introverted and peaceful features.