A Comparative Study Of Li Taifen's And Fu Zhenlun's Local Chronicles Thoughts

Li Taifen and Fu Zhenlun are well-known local scholars in modem times and have played an important role in promoting the development of modern local chronicle theory.The period of the Republic of China was a period of great changes in thinking.At this time,the local records theory systematically summed up the local records of Ming and Qing Dynasties and put forward more new ideas.Li Taifen and Fu Zhenlun were the most representative local scholars during this period.Their theoretical works on local records had a greater impact on that time.Their understanding of the other side of the theory is similar and different.Relying on Li Taifen’s Fang Zhixue and Fu Zhenlun’s General Theory of China’s Local Records,he focused on examining the similarities and differences between Li Taifen and Fu Zhenlun.He hopes to use this as an entry point to explore the transformation of the local records of the Republic of China on the basis of comparing the two scholars.Personal life and experience are important factors influencing the formation of local records.Li Taifen and Fu Zhenluns growth experiences were very similar.They all had good family education when they were young.They all came to Beijing to go to college and they went to college to teach after graduation.In the practice of local records,Li Taifen once served as the chief of Yangyuan XianZhi for three years,while Fu Zhenlun mastered the Xinhe XianZhi.It is these life experiences that allow them to write a blockbuster theory of local records in a special historical period.The similarities and differences between the local records reflects the characteristics of the era and Fang Zhi’s local records.The definitions of Li TaiFen and Fu Zhenlun’s counterparts,the source of the local chronicles,the functions of the local chronicles,and the aims of the local chronicles are similar.However,there are different views on the nature of the local chronicles,the style of the local chronicles,and the added content of local records.The understanding of the aims of rectification,the contents of the local records,the organization of the editors and the revision of the local records are closely related to the characteristics of the times.The sources,nature,and style of the local records are the different opinions of Li Taifen and Fu Zhenlun’s theory of the other side.Li Taifen and Fu Zhenlun’s local idea has a pioneering significance in the history of the Republican Party.The two summed up the traditional theory of local records,infused Western methods of history into the editing of Fang Zhi,and modern science methods and advanced techniques were used to modify the records.A large number of new things were added to Fang Zhi to make the local records look renewed in the Republic of China.Some of the theories and practices put forward by the two people are definitely out of touch.There are reasons for the times,and there are also reasons for the two.