The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich and dynamic traditions of historical writing in East Asia, tracing their evolution across two millennia. Rooted in the influential Chinese historiographical tradition and enriched by the distinctive contributions of Korean and Japanese scholars, the book examines how these practices have adapted to cultural, political, and intellectual shifts.
The volume's four thematic sections explore the origins and evolution of historical writing, modernity's transformative impact, and the diverse methodologies shaping contemporary scholarship. Key topics include the establishment of official historiography in imperial China, the innovative practices of the Song dynasty, and the influence of Western ideas and Marxist frameworks from the twentieth century. Emerging areas, such as social, environmental, gender, and global history, are examined, alongside comparative studies bridging East Asian and Western traditions. From ancient chronicles to modern interpretations shaped by nationalism, Marxism, scientism, and globalization, the volume highlights the interplay between tradition and innovation that defines East Asian historical culture.
As the first of its kind, this companion serves as both an essential textbook and a scholarly reference for students and researchers interested in East Asian history, global historiography, social history, intellectual history, and postmodernism.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"This corpulent volume duly informs us that the past, in its unmediated state, is often not a matter of mere nostalgia and bathos. It is history, an intellectual endeavor requiring evidence, inventiveness, and empathy, that renders the past intelligible as true insight into the cultural bequest that we owe to our forebears. The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography promises to serve as our companionable guide to the multifarious ways in which East Asian historians throughout the ages have confected desiderata from the amorphous pasts into meaningful narratives about the processes and values of human lives."
- On-Cho Ng, Penn State University
"This is a valuable contribution to the field that fills a massive hole in our historiographical knowledge."
- Peter Lorge, Vanderbilt University
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978-1-032-60269-1 (9781032602691)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Q. Edward Wang is inaugural Eminent Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rowan University and Editor of Chinese Studies in History. He has published widely in both English and Chinese on comparative historiography, global history, and Asian cultural and intellectual history. Amongst his English publications are: A Global History of Modern Historiography, Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History, Historiography: Critical Readings (four volumes), and Western Historiography in Asia: Circulation, Critique and Comparison.
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Comparative Chronology of East Asia
General Introduction Q. Edward Wang
Part I Traditions and Variations
Introduction
1. Sima Qian and the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian): Historicism under the Early Han Empire
Vincent S. Leung
2. The Writing of Histories under the Tang (618-907) and Liu Zhiji's Critical Historiography
Victor Cunrui Xiong
3. Historiography of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Tsong-han Lee
4. The Origin, Development, and Characteristics of Ancient Korean Historiography
Sun Weiguo and Wu Dongming
5. National Histories and Historical Practices in Premodern Japan
Sato Yuki
Part II Modern Transformations
Introduction
6. Finding a Path to Modernity: Historical Discourses in China, 1895-1949
Tze-ki Hon
7. Modern and Contemporary Japanese Historiography: An Analysis from the Perspective of Tripartite Rivalry
Narita Ryuichi
8. The Establishment of Modern Historiography in Korea
Do Myounhoi
9. Chinese Revolutions and the Ebb and Flow of Marxist Historiography
Q. Edward Wang
10. Continuity and Change in the Historiography of Contemporary Japan: Nation-State and Progressivism (1945-present)
Odanaka Naoki
11. Post-1945 South Korean Historiography: A Tapestry of Turbulence and Transformation
An Sooyoung
Part III Asia and the World
Introduction
12. The Study of Ancient Greek Historiography in the Twenty-First Century
Lyu Houliang
13. Chinese Scholarship on Feudalism and Medieval Studies
Li Longguo
14. The Rise and Transformation of World History in China
Xin Fan
15. Chinese Studies of Western Historiography
Zhang Yibo
16. Writing American History: Politics, Problems and Prospect (2003-24)
Sun Hongzhe
17. From Elite Politics to Grassroots Politics: Studies on the Social History of the PRC
Hanchao Lu
Part IV New Advances
Introduction
18. Historiography of Chinese Gender
Bret Hinsch
19. Ming-Qing Historiography in the PRC, Taiwan and Japan since 1949
Puk Wing Kin
20. The Historiography of the Opium War: An International Perspective (2000-2024)
Tu Hanzhang
21. Postwar Japanese Diplomacy: An Analysis of Historiographical Developments in Japan
Aono Toshihiko and Fujita Goro
22. The Nation and Beyond: Writing National History in China
Zhang Xupeng
23. Current and Future Horizons of Chinese Environmental History
Fei Sheng and James Beattie
Glossary and Index
