Liu Jie

Liu Jie

Liu Jie, formerly known as Hanxiang, was named Zizhi. He studied under Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao and Chen Yinke. He is the author of the historical manuscript of Chinese historiography, which has a detailed exposition of the historical system, the great variety of historical books and the achievements of famous historians. He has unique views, especially attaches importance to the development of historical philosophy. He is one of the important representative works of the discipline of Chinese Historiography. The famous historian Bai Shouyi praised this book as "a must pass work".

introduce

Liu Jie (1901-1977), formerly known as Hanxiang, was named Zizhi. Wenzhou Shuomen people. In his early years, he graduated from Zhejiang provincial No.10 middle school (now Wenzhou Middle School). Studied in the Philosophy Department of Shanghai private Southern University (expelled by President Jiang Kanghu for participating in the learning tide). He then transferred to the Department of philosophy of Shanghai National University. After graduating from the University in 1926, he was admitted to the Academy of Sinology of Tsinghua University with excellent results and became the second student of the Academy. He studied under Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao and Chen Yinke. He continued to study the origin of ancient Chinese Philosophy in 1927. His contemporaries include Lu Kanru, Wang Li and Jiang Liangfu. Later, they all became famous historians and linguists in China.

Life experience

In 1928, Liu Jie graduated from the Institute of Sinology and was employed as a lecturer in Nankai University. In the early 1930s, he was a professor of Henan University. Soon, he went to Beijing Library as director of Jinshi department. After 1935, he taught in Yanjing University. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he taught in Zhejiang University and Chengdu Jinling University. From 1940 to 1944, he lived in Chongqing Nan'an Central University and devoted himself to the study of ancient history. In 1946, he went to Guangzhou and became a professor of Sun Yat sen University. In the early 1950s, he was the head of the History Department of Sun Yat sen University. In 1953, Yang Rongguo was transferred to the Department of history of Sun Yat sen University. One year later, he took Liu Jiezhi as the director of the Department of history. From then on, Professor Liu Jie taught at Sun Yat sen University until his death in 1977. Liu Jie made great achievements in the study of the ancient history of the pre Qin period, the thoughts of the pre Qin scholars and the history of historiography. In order not to be confused by many ancient legends, he found the true materials of ancient history through the study of ancient characters. Master a wealth of ancient philology, ancient epigraphy, from tortoise shells and animal bones, inscriptions on bronze and pottery of yin and Zhou Dynasties to Qin, Zhuan, Han and Li dynasties, and Six Dynasties inscriptions. In 1927, when studying in the Research Institute, he wrote Hong Fan Shu Zheng. He successfully used the method of comparative induction, widely cited the textual research and analysis of the pre Qin classics and bronze inscriptions, cited the meaning of the word "Huang" and the rhyme rules, and proved that it must be written in the Warring States period, which has been widely accepted by the academic circles. Liang Qichao believes that "Shangshu" is the most difficult book to deal with. The issue of Hongfan was raised from Liu Jun's article, which can be used by scholars all over the world In the following year, he wrote a textual research on haodawang stele, which quoted ancient books and Korean and Japanese documents including history, geography, philology, phonology, epigraphy, archaeology, etc., and made a detailed research on the geographical location of the country, tribe, city, mountains and rivers, as well as the origin and range of activities of the tribe during the expansion of Gaogouli guohaodawang on the peninsula. In 1943, he wrote the theory of song Chuanyi school in Guanzi, and discovered that the four pieces of "Xinshu" (upper and lower) and "Baixin" and "neiye" in Guanzi are the works of song Chuanyi school, and systematically discussed the content, system, origin and evolution way of its "Baixin" theory, which is highly valued by the academic circles. Since then, he has written on history, on human nature, the history of ancient Chinese clan colonization, and the history of Chinese language. He also wrote the preface, a monograph published in newspapers and Periodicals after the founding of the people's Republic of China, for the fifth volume of Gu Jie Linggang's ancient history discrimination, and compiled into the first and second volumes of ancient history kaocun. In 1958, the people's Publishing House published the book ancient history kaocun, which is the final collection of its main textual research articles. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Mr. Liu Jie attached great importance to the study of Marxist theory. He once wrote many long articles, such as the social nature of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which advocated that the Western Zhou Dynasty had entered the feudal society, and discussed the transition from the low-level slave society to the feudal system, and the imbalance and consistency of social development. For many years, he has set up the course of historical materials and historical history, and has written the manuscript of Chinese historiography. He has full and accurate exposition on the historical system, the great variety of historical books and the achievements of famous historians. He has unique views, especially attaches importance to the development of historical philosophy. He is one of the important representative works of Chinese historiography. The famous historian Bai Shouyi praised this book as "a must pass on work". On July 21, 1977, Liu Jie died of laryngeal cancer at the age of 76. Zhou Mengjiang has a biography of Liu Jie. Diary of Liu Jie (1939-1977), written by Liu Jie, edited by Liu xianzeng, first edition, elephant press, June 2009.

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