Gu Cheng
Gu Cheng
Gu Cheng (November 1934 - June 25, 2003), male, from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is a former professor, doctoral supervisor and expert in Ming and Qing history of Beijing Normal University. Before 1949, he studied in Jiangxi Ji'an middle school and Nanchang No.1 middle school. As early as the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Mr. Gu Cheng took part in the revolutionary work. In September 1957, Gu Cheng was admitted to the History Department of Beijing Normal University. He graduated in 1961 and stayed in the Department to teach. Since then, he has been a lecturer, associate professor, Professor, doctoral supervisor, vice chairman and consultant of China Peasant War History Research Association, and executive director of China Ming history society.
Profile
Gu Cheng (1934.11-2003.06.25), male, from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is an internationally renowned expert in the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties. He is a former professor and doctoral supervisor of the History Department of Beijing Normal University. Only two monographs were published: the history of peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty won the second prize for outstanding achievements in philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing; the history of Southern Ming Dynasty won the National Book Award and the first prize for outstanding achievements in philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing.
Mr. Gu is upright in nature. He regards learning as life. He is an outstanding representative of contemporary research. He has profound and unique research in the Ming Empire territory management system (health system), population, cultivated land and the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties (history of the Southern Ming Dynasty). His academic achievements and historical conclusions are of pioneering and foundation significance in the Ming and Qing historiography. Mr. Wang is also recognized as a scholar of "Three Virtues": good at foreign language, learning and writing. Open a monograph or thesis, that is to open a beautiful and unforgettable history.
A new study of cultivated land in the early Ming Dynasty The territory management system of the Ming Empire (Note: historical studies, No.3, 1989) And the reform of the system of medical institutions in the Qing Dynasty (Note: Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.2, 1988) The three articles expound in detail that the land of the whole country in the early Ming Dynasty belonged to the administrative system and the military system. They think that the military system of the Ming Dynasty, like the grass-roots organizations of the administrative system, was a geographical unit in most cases, which controlled a large area of the Ming Empire territory that did not belong to the administrative system. Nearly 8.5 million hectares of land recorded in the official revision of Zhu Si Zhi Zhang in the 26th year of Hongwu included land under the jurisdiction of the military system, land under the jurisdiction of the military system included land cultivated by soldiers and land cultivated by civilian population. The general trend is to set up some prefectures and counties from the areas under the jurisdiction of Dusi and Weisuo. However, the progress of administrating Weisuo was limited in the Ming Dynasty, and this process was not completed until the Qing Dynasty. Xie Yucai's opinion that part of the Wei Suo had a large territory was first put forward in his research on the rise and fall of the Wei Suo system in Ming Dynasty (Note: Shuowen monthly, 1940, Volume 2) In this paper, it is proposed that Mr. Xie called it "the real earth guard station". Gu Cheng's research has made a big step forward. On this basis, Gu Cheng published on the Wei Ji of Ming Dynasty (Note: Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.5, 1989) In this paper, the author puts forward his own views on the difference and connection between the population of the Health Institute and the military household in the prefecture and county.
Professor Gu Cheng's basic views on the system of Wei Suo in the Ming Dynasty are mainly reflected in four articles, namely, a new exploration of the number of cultivated land in the early Ming Dynasty (China Social Sciences, 1986, issue 4), the reform of Wei Suo system in the Qing Dynasty (Journal of Beijing Normal University, 1988, issue 2), the territory management system of the Ming emperor, historical research, 1989, issue 3, on Wei Ji in the Ming Dynasty, and Beijing Normal University These four articles systematically demonstrate the "two systems" theory of territory management in Ming Dynasty, namely, the administrative system (county, prefecture government, prefecture minister, Zhili Prefecture six departments) and the military system (the thousand households of Wei and Zhili Dusi - Dusi, xingdusi, Zhili Wei - five military dudufu) Dusiweisuo is a "geographical unit" with independent jurisdiction, which is not subordinate to Sifu Prefecture and county. This theory involves many important issues in the field of social economy in Ming Dynasty, such as the number of cultivated land in Ming Dynasty, the number of official land in Ming Dynasty, the comparison between cultivated land in Qing Dynasty and that in Ming Dynasty, and so on. It also involves the population management in Ming Dynasty, especially the military household management. Mr. Gu had planned to conduct a comprehensive study on the influence of the health service system on the related fields of Ming Dynasty and the reform of Qing Dynasty, and formed a monograph (Gu Cheng: I and Ming history, collected works of Mr. Gu Cheng Memorial and Research on Ming and Qing history, Zhongzhou ancient books publishing house, 2005, pp. 391-404). It can be said that Mr. Gu Cheng revealed the basic attributes of the Wei Suo system in the Ming Dynasty and its position and role in the management of the Ming Dynasty. His theory of Ming territory management is of great significance to grasp the management system of the two generation of land and registered residence in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
personal works
representative work
History of peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty, China Social Sciences Press, October 1984.
History of the Southern Ming Dynasty, China Youth Publishing House, May 1997.
Gu Cheng's works
History of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Guangming Daily Press, August 2011.
History of peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty, Guangming Daily Press, January 2012.
No Shen Wansan in Ming Dynasty: Notes on Gu Cheng's literature and history, Guangming Daily Press, October 2012.
The Empire and the territory of Ming Dynasty press, October 2012.
Questioning Li Yan: a probe into the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangming Daily Press, November 2012.
Main papers
Where did Li Zicheng's uprising army enter Henan? -- a discussion with Comrade Yao xueyin, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 4, 1978;
Questioning Li Yan, historical studies, No.5, 1978;
On Li Yan again, Journal of Beijing Normal University, 1979, issue 2;
A trial interpretation of the real dragon emperor of the ancient Yuan Dynasty, historical studies, 1979, issue 8;
From the imperial edict of the first year of Yongchang to when Li Zicheng became emperor, Journal of Beijing Normal University, no.6, 1980;
The history of Li Zicheng's sacrifice: a review of Shimen County as a monk, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.2, 1982;
Two edicts of the early Ming Dynasty, Forbidden City, No. 2, 1982;
Qian Hai in the early Qing Dynasty, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.3, 1983;
On the main reasons for the failure of the Dashun regime, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 6, 1983;
Wang Shizhen's historiography, essays on Ming history, Vol. 2, Jiangsu People's publishing house, June 1983, pp. 331-346;
On the anti Qing struggle of Kuidong's thirteen schools, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.3, 1985;
New exploration of cultivated land in early Ming Dynasty, social sciences of China, 1986, issue 4;
The reform of the health service system in the Qing Dynasty, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.2, 1988;
The territorial management system of the Ming Empire, historical studies, No. 3, 1989;
On Wei Ji of Ming Dynasty, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.5, 1989;
The battle of Jingnan and the Geng Bingwen and Mu Sheng families -- an example of the role of marriage in feudal politics, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.5, 1992;
The 11th year of Shunzhi - the key year of the debate between Ming and Qing Dynasties, the 1993 issue of the treatise on Qing history;
A study of Shen Wansan and his family, historical studies, No.1, 1999;
History of the Southern Ming Dynasty, social sciences in China, No. 1, 1999;
I and the history of Ming Dynasty, social science review, No.1, 2003.
Academic characteristics
Mr. Gu Cheng studies hard, has a rigorous style of study, and is full of the spirit of simple learning. He is a famous expert in Ming and Qing history in China and abroad. Since the publication of Li Yan query in historical studies in 1978, he has written a number of high-quality academic papers on the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which have attracted the attention of the historians. He has written many monographs, such as the history of the peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty and the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty (China Youth Publishing House, published in 1997), which are of the highest academic level in the research field of Ming and Qing history. The publication of "the history of peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty" opened a new way for the study of peasant war history and won the second prize of outstanding achievements in philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing. In particular, his book, the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, is his painstaking work of more than ten years. It is a milestone in the study of the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It has a wide influence at home and abroad, and has won the first prize of China's National Book Award and Beijing's outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences.
Teaching characteristics
Most of his works are beneficial to the progress of scientific research and classroom teaching. His purpose is to improve the level of history teaching, such as "the territory management system of the Ming Empire", "a new exploration of the number of cultivated land in the early Ming Dynasty", "on the Wei Ji of the Ming Dynasty", "the 11th year of Shunzhi - the key year of Ming and Qing Dynasties" and so on This paper deals with the territory of the Ming Empire, the management of its territory, the amount of cultivated land, the population and the distribution of the population in the Ming Dynasty, and the change of dynasties in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
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