Yuan Weishi

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Yuan Weishi
Born (1931-12-15) December 15, 1931 (age 89)
Xingning, Guangdong, China
CitizenshipChinese
Alma materZhongshan University, Fudan University
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, philosophy
InstitutionsZhongshan University
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuan (surname).

Yuan Weishi (simplified Chinese: 袁伟时; traditional Chinese: 袁偉時; pinyin: Yuán Wěishí; born December 15, 1931) is a Chinese historian and philosopher.

Biography[]

Yuan was born in Xingning, Guangdong. He was admitted to Zhongshan University Department of Economics in 1950, and then went to a master program in political economy at Fudan University.[1] He worked as a faculty member at Zhongshan University Department of Philosophy.

In the January 2006 issue of Freezing Point, Yuan published an essay titled Modernisation and History Textbooks,[2] criticizing the official theme of government issued middle schools history textbooks, claiming that they contain numbers of distortions of the historical accounts (see for example in the article about the Boxer Rebellion).[3] Professor Yuan said:"The public, especially the students, have the right to find out the true historical facts."[4]

Works[]

  • A Draft History of Modern Chinese Philosophy: Chinese Philosophy during the Beiyang Warlord Period (中國現代哲學史稿: 北洋軍閥統治時期的中國哲學). Guangzhou: 中山大學出版社. 1987.
  • Great Changes in the Late Qing: Tides of Thought and Figures (晚清大變局中的思潮與人物. 1992.
  • Republished edition: The Sunset of the Empire: Great Changes of the Late Qing (帝國落日‧晚清大變局). 2003.
  • Yesterday's China (昨天的中国). 2012.
  • Late-coming Civilization (迟到的文明). 2014.

References[]

  1. ^ "Interview with Historian Yuan Weishi". Financial Times (in Chinese). December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Yuan Weishi (January 11, 2006). "Modernisation and History Textbooks" (in Chinese). China Youth Daily. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  3. ^ Kahn, Joseph (1 September 2006). "Where's Mao? Chinese Revise History Books". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-20. “Our traditional version of history was focused on ideology and national identity,” said Zhu Xueqin, a historian at Shanghai University.
  4. ^ Charles W. Hayford (March 18, 2006). "The High School History Textbook Debate in China". History News Network. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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