The Role of the Historian in China

THE SIGNIFICANCE given to history by the Chinese people from the begin ning until now is one of their most striking characteristics. The Chinese have not only endured; they have consciously endured, and this concept of continuity demanded the mechanics of historiography, with the interpretation of history to give it concrete expression. Coupled with this deep-seated belief in the importance of the record of men and events has been a passion for the Chinese written characters-a passion almost religious in its nature. Whether a Chinese could read or not, he held the characters to be sacred; and even when modern newspapers came to be used as wrapping paper, the common people as well as the scholars looked askance

Archaeology · China · Chinese history and philosophy · History

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