The Research On Annals Of Japanese History

Huang Zunxian(1848-1905), the author of Annals of Japanese History, is the outstanding poet and the historian in the late Qing Dynasty. During Japan Huang Zunxian served as counselor of the embassy.He realized that Japan according to the western country has made great social progress. Huang Zunxian hopes China can draw lessons from Japan to reform. He began to study Japanese history and institutions. Huang Zunxian start to write Annals of Japanese History.The writing of Annals of Japanese History last seven or eight years. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1985, Annals of Japanese History began to be published to meet the demand of understanding Japan.With the increaseing knowledge and the changing thought of Huang Zunxian, he start to modify Annals of Japanese History. So Annals of Japanese History have many versions and different content.Annals of Japanese History has forty volumes and five hundred thousand words. Annals of Japanese History covers the development of Japan and highlights the Meiji Restoration.The principle of method used in the book.The history and historical thought of Annals of Japanese History based on our tradition of historiography. The development of modern historiography has an important position.Annals of Japanese History has an effect on chinese. Annals of Japanese History has a distinctive value. Annals of Japanese History summarized the Meiji Restoration in Japan and opened the window for Chinese people looking the world. Annals of Japanese History has an effect on Kang Youwei.