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Draft History of Qing
The Draft History of Qing (Chinese: 清史稿; pinyin: Qīngshǐ gǎo) is a draft of the official history of the Qing dynasty compiled and written by a team of over 100 historians led by Zhao Erxun who were hired by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The draft was published in 1928, but the Chinese Civil War caused a lack of funding for the project and it was put to an end in 1930. The two sides of the Chinese civil war, the People's Republic of China and Republic of China have attempted to complete it.
The Qing imperial court had previously established a Bureau of State Historiography that pre-compiled its own dynastic history.
The massive book was started in 1914, and the rough copy was finished in about 1927.
1,100 copies of the book were published. The Beiyang government moved 400 of the original draft into the northern provinces, where it re-edited the content twice, thus creating three different versions of the book.
It was banned by the Nationalist Government in 1930. The ban was lifted later, but still no further work was actually done partly due to continued warfare including the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). According to historian Hsi-yuan Chen, further work was discouraged by the obsolescence of the Imperial Chinese conceptions of political legitimacy and historiography, which the making of an "official history" inherently assumed.
The draft contains 529 volumes. It attempts to follow the form of previous official histories, and is organized into four sections:
Because of the lack of funding, the authors were forced to publish quickly, and consequently this project was never finished, remaining in the draft stage. In rushing to publication, the authors were motivated by the political instability of the period. The authors openly acknowledged their rush, and admitted there may have been factual or superficial errors.
The draft was later criticized for being biased against the Xinhai Revolution. Notably, it does not have records of historical figures in the revolution, even those that had been born before the end of the Qing dynasty, although it includes biographies of various others who were born after the collapse of the Qing dynasty. The historians, who were Qing loyalists and/or sympathizers, had a tendency to villainize the revolutionaries. In fact, the draft completely avoided the use of the Republic of China calendar, which was unacceptable for an official history meant to endorse the rise of a new regime.
Draft History of Qing
The Draft History of Qing (Chinese: 清史稿; pinyin: Qīngshǐ gǎo) is a draft of the official history of the Qing dynasty compiled and written by a team of over 100 historians led by Zhao Erxun who were hired by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The draft was published in 1928, but the Chinese Civil War caused a lack of funding for the project and it was put to an end in 1930. The two sides of the Chinese civil war, the People's Republic of China and Republic of China have attempted to complete it.
The Qing imperial court had previously established a Bureau of State Historiography that pre-compiled its own dynastic history.
The massive book was started in 1914, and the rough copy was finished in about 1927.
1,100 copies of the book were published. The Beiyang government moved 400 of the original draft into the northern provinces, where it re-edited the content twice, thus creating three different versions of the book.
It was banned by the Nationalist Government in 1930. The ban was lifted later, but still no further work was actually done partly due to continued warfare including the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). According to historian Hsi-yuan Chen, further work was discouraged by the obsolescence of the Imperial Chinese conceptions of political legitimacy and historiography, which the making of an "official history" inherently assumed.
The draft contains 529 volumes. It attempts to follow the form of previous official histories, and is organized into four sections:
Because of the lack of funding, the authors were forced to publish quickly, and consequently this project was never finished, remaining in the draft stage. In rushing to publication, the authors were motivated by the political instability of the period. The authors openly acknowledged their rush, and admitted there may have been factual or superficial errors.
The draft was later criticized for being biased against the Xinhai Revolution. Notably, it does not have records of historical figures in the revolution, even those that had been born before the end of the Qing dynasty, although it includes biographies of various others who were born after the collapse of the Qing dynasty. The historians, who were Qing loyalists and/or sympathizers, had a tendency to villainize the revolutionaries. In fact, the draft completely avoided the use of the Republic of China calendar, which was unacceptable for an official history meant to endorse the rise of a new regime.