The Research On The Life And Academic Thought Of Liu Shanli

The modern historian Liu Shanli,who was active in the 1920 s and 1930 s,died young and people barely know him.However,as one of the core members in the Historian Geography field,he possessed broad vision and pursued rigorously in academic research,leaving a great many academic works that contains nearly a million words.The research of ancient history is the most prominent academic achievement in his lifetime.At the age of 24,Liu participated in the debate of ancient history which was initiated by Gu Jiegang,impressing people by the virtue of his solid historical ability.In the following 3 years,he continuously published five papers vividly in respond to Gu Jiegang who was an representative of the“Yi-gu”School(a school that doubts ancient Chinese history).When teaching in National Wuhan University,he completed the Ancient Chinese History in bad health condition,systematically focusing on expounding his thought of ancient history.Liu Shanli also achieved considerable success in the field of ethnic relations.His Chinese Ethnic History is a comprehensive national history of the Republic of China that described the evolution of ethnic relations in the main line of the interaction between Han nationality and other ethnic groups,greatly enriching the content and system of national history.In addition,Liu Shanli also investigated the history of yuezhi,did some research about the large–scale migration of Han nationality during the reign of emperor Hui Jin and the military governorship regime of Tang Dynasty.Under the influence of the quintessence of Chinese culture and modern new historiography,he tried to construct a set of historical theory and methodology system.Therefore he finished writing the General Historical Theory,the Concise Historiography and Historical Method and some other long historical papers.Not only did Liu Shanli elucidate and expand the connotation of the interpretation and expansion of the Liu Zhiji and Zhang Xuecheng,who were both the representatives of the ancient historians on Historians of quality,historiography,historical function and academic norms of traditional historical ideas,but also he had absorbed Liang Qichao and Robinson ’ s new historiography,who were the representatives of the new historiography.He highlighted the spirit of new generation historians who actively absorbed the western historiography and promoted the innovation development of Chinese historiography in the 1920 s and 1930 s.After cutting a conspicous figure in "Yi–Gu" School Movement in 1920 s,Liu Shanli was forgotten gradually in time.It is academically significant to track this missing history scholar and make up for the deficiency of relevant research about him.