A Retrospective of Historiography in China at the Turn of the Century and a Look at its Future

Historiography in China has been fruitful after an uneven course ofdevelopment over the past century. There are numerous great historiansof the century, including Zhang Taiyan, Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei,Chen Yuan, Chen Yinque, Hu Shi, Gu Jiegang and Qian Mu from thefirst half of the century, and Li Dazhao, Guo Moruo, Fan Wenlan, JianBozan, La Zhenyu and Hou Wailu. Historiography accomplished atransformation from the traditional to the modern in the first half of the20th century with…