Initial Exploration Of Xu Bingchang’s Ancient History Research

Xu Bingchang is an influential scholar in the academic history of modern China, who devoted his whole lifetime to the research of Chinese ancient legends and the exploration of the Xia culture.<The legend of the Chinese ancient times>is one his typical works in the mentioned scope. Beside the status of famous Ancient China historians, he is also fruitful and prestigious in the research of archaeology and education. He attaches great importance to combining history and other social sciences, and he is also one of the forerunners in studying the ancient history with myths and legends, which established an academic model in the research of China’s ancient times, and until now has its reference value.The thesis is divided into five parts:The first part "his life and career", narrates his study and research process, emphatically draws the outline of his academic evolvement track of life. The second part "pluralism of the Chinese ancient history origin ", based on the discussion of the first half part of the20th century Chinese ancient history, studies the pluralistic concept of the origin of ancient era and the characteristics of the time; The third part "study on ancient Chinese legend", systematacially reviews the ancient imperial family tree in the Legendary Period in hsu’s works; the fourth part " the study of Xia culture ", tries to illustrate his preliminary exploration of the Xia culture, and reveal its academic significance; The fifth part "the origin and influence", analyzes the origin of hsu academic thought,and then make an objective evaluation on his academic effect.