A Comparison Between Naito Konan's History Of Chinese Historiography And Qu Lindong's Compendium Of The History Of Chinese Historiography

The 1920 s and 1930 s were the initial period of the history of Chinese historiography.Naito Konan's History of Chinese Historiography was born in this period.It is a rare work for the study of "history of Chinese Historiography" in foreign countries and represents the level of the study of "history of Chinese Historiography" in Japan in this period.Qu Lindong's Outline of the History of Chinese Historiography came into being at the end of the 20 th century,which is the final work of the study of the history of Chinese historiography in the 20 th century It plays an important role in the field of Chinese historiography.Both of them are general historical works of Chinese historiography,but they are quite different in many aspects.In terms of writing guiding ideology,Naito Konan is guided by the concept of cultural history,while Qu Lindong is guided by Marxist history.On the purport of writing,Qu takes the development of Chinese historiography as his duty,explores the theory of historiography,reveals the whole picture of historiography,the law and trend of historiography development.Because of his status,Naito Konan's works have the color of serving his academic needs and national politics.In terms of the content and form of historical books,naiteng's works show the characteristics of rough and careless creation,while Qu's works show the characteristics of careful compilation.It is embodied in the characteristics of history and literature,structural design,historical stages,content breadth and depth.Through systematic comparison,we can not only highlight their own characteristics,provide some references for the development of Chinese historiography,but also roughly see the development process of Chinese historiography,and help to enhance cultural self-confidence and establish cultural consciousness.