On The Orientation And Extension Of The History Of Chinese Political Thought From The Perspective Of History And Politics

Since Reform and Open-up, diverse kinds of view of value and thoughts have flown into china, which has promoted the development of the study of the history of Chinese political thought. The study of the history of political thought originated from the west. The study of the history of Chinese political thought was built upon the foundation of the learning and imitation of the history of Western political thought. Thus, the Western political thought has a vitally important role to play in Chinese political thought as well as the study of Chinese political thought. How to view and criticize the Western political thought, the history of Chinese political thought and the comparison between them matters a lot to scholars.Political thought was born in the late modern times in the West, while the study of the history of Chinese political thought started at the very beginning of the 20 th century. The history of Chinese political thought is a production of the contemporary era. The history of political thought has certain relationship with the intellectual history. Western scholars have written works on the features, methodology, judgement and extension of the history of intellectuals and political thought. This paper studies the definition of intellectual history and political history as well as the main research method of the Western political thought.In addition, this paper introduces the development of the study of Chinese political history, answering the question how the study of Chinese political thought entered the system of political thought. On this basis, this paper will provide a impartial view of Chinese political thought and the trend of the development of Chinese political history.