Gu Jiegang at his apartment in Wukang Road, Shanghai, in 1954.
Gu Jiegang (8 May 1893 – 25 December 1980) was a Chinese folklorist, historian, and sinologist who was best known for his seven-volume work Gushi Bian (《古史辨》, or Debates on Ancient History). He was a co-founder and the leading force of the Doubting Antiquity School, and was highly influential in the 20th century development of Chinese historiography.
GuJiegang (8 May 1893 – 25 December 1980) was a Chinese folklorist, historian, and sinologist who was best known for his seven-volume work Gushi Bian...
considered to be a leading figure of the Doubting Antiquity School, along with GuJiegang. He was a professor of literature at National Peking University. Born...
examination. This view was accepted by his students Fu Sinian and especially GuJiegang, who further advanced "our traditional knowledge of Chinese antiquity...
its history are at best uncertain. The Doubting Antiquity School led by GuJiegang in the 1920s were the first scholars within China to systematically question...
Kunlun, which is the capital of the emperor, and the god of the land." GuJiegang divides the Chinese mythology system into the Kunlun system and the Penglai...
literary revolution, the philosopher Liang Shuming, and the historian GuJiegang, among others. Hu Shih had argued for the use of the modern written vernacular...
Chinese nation became more popular among Chinese scholars. On Jan 1, 1939, GuJiegang published his article "The term 'China proper' should be abolished immediately"...
textual account were challenged by the Doubting Antiquity School led by GuJiegang. At about the same time, archaeological discoveries confirmed the historicity...
was carrying out his reign of terror. Contemporary Chinese historian GuJiegang speculate that Duke Wu of Wey was the one who exiled King Li of Zhou in...
past for authentic roots of the new Chinese nation they hoped to build. GuJiegang, the founder of Chinese folklore studies, used the western concept "myth"...
to insist on a Western Zhou date while the majority follow Qian Mu and GuJiegang in assigning the work to about the 3rd century BC. Yu Yingshi argues for...
historicity started to be questioned in the 1920s by historians such as GuJiegang, one of the founders of the Doubting Antiquity School in China. In their...
discredited, : 49 the Doubting Antiquity School, represented by Kang Youwei, GuJiegang, and Qian Mu, posited that Shaohao was inserted into the orthodox lineage...
training and teaching in universities. They included Chang Chi-yun, GuJiegang, Fu Sinian, and Tsiang Tingfu, who were PhDs from Columbia University;...
founded by Hu Shi's students and colleagues at Peking University, such as GuJiegang. They were successful in creating a field of study that focused on literature...
based on an edition created in the early 1930s by the Chinese historian GuJiegang. There are two known surviving fragments of pre-Tang dynasty Records manuscripts...
different light, as a foundation for national culture. Hu and his students, GuJiegang and Yu Pingbo, first established that Cao Xueqin was the work's author...
studied by scholars. See, for instance, GuJiegang's essay "Pao caiqiu." The ceremony described by GuJiegang, still observed in some parts of Guangxi...
graduating from college, Yang was invited by GuJiegang, founder of the Doubting Antiquity School, to contribute to Gu's influential compilation Debates on Ancient...
from Shanghai. GuJiegang edited a 1935 published version of the songs. Introductions to the pieces in the collection were written by Gu, Hu Shi, Qian...
defended the value of traditional historical scholarship, disagreeing with GuJiegang and other advocates of the Doubting Antiquity School, who doubted the...
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