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History and State: Searching the Past in the Light of the Present in the People's Republic of China

History and State: Searching the Past in the Light of the Present in the People's Republic of China © Koninklijke Brill NV. Leiden 2004 Historiography East & West 2:1 History and State: Searching the Past in the Light of the Present in the People’s Republic of China Jin Qiu History Department, Old Dominion University United States of America Keywords: China, Chinese historiography, official history, unofficial history historicism, history and state, Party history, Mao Zedong, Jian Bozan, Wu Han, Yu Ping- bo, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Lin Biao Incident. Abstract: This article explores the interaction between the state, society and the indi- vidual in the process of forging contemporary history in China. I discuss two distinctive categories in contemporary Chinese history, official history ( zhengshi , 正史 ) and unofficial history ( yeshi , 野史 ). By comparing and contrasting these two categories of history, I intend to show how history serves as an agent bet- ween past and present, and as a convenient tool for the state to formulate its political legitimacy in contemporary China. I do not intend to treat official and unofficial history as two exclusive categories to cover all the historical studies published in the People’s Republic of China. The distinction of official history and unofficial history is made to facilitate discussion http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historiography East and West Brill

History and State: Searching the Past in the Light of the Present in the People's Republic of China

Qiu, Jin
Historiography East and West , Volume 2 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 2004
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1570-1867
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10.1163/1570186053682314
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© Koninklijke Brill NV. Leiden 2004 Historiography East & West 2:1 History and State: Searching the Past in the Light of the Present in the People’s Republic of China Jin Qiu History Department, Old Dominion University United States of America Keywords: China, Chinese historiography, official history, unofficial history historicism, history and state, Party history, Mao Zedong, Jian Bozan, Wu Han, Yu Ping- bo, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Lin Biao Incident. Abstract: This article explores the interaction between the state, society and the indi- vidual in the process of forging contemporary history in China. I discuss two distinctive categories in contemporary Chinese history, official history ( zhengshi , 正史 ) and unofficial history ( yeshi , 野史 ). By comparing and contrasting these two categories of history, I intend to show how history serves as an agent bet- ween past and present, and as a convenient tool for the state to formulate its political legitimacy in contemporary China. I do not intend to treat official and unofficial history as two exclusive categories to cover all the historical studies published in the People’s Republic of China. The distinction of official history and unofficial history is made to facilitate discussion

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Historiography East and West – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

Keywords: YU PING-BO; JIAN BOZAN; MAO ZEDONG; WU HAN; THE LIN BIAO INCIDENT; HISTORY AND STATE; UNOFFICIAL HISTORY HISTORICISM; PARTY HISTORY; OFFICIAL HISTORY; CHINESE HISTORIOGRAPHY; THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION; CHINA

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