目次

Introduction.- Research Questions.- Ideas of History in Pre-Imperial China.- Ideas of History in the Medieval China: Shiji, or The Grand Scribe’s Historical Records, and Hanshu, or History of Western Han Dynasty.- Medieval Ideas of History, Confucianism, and the Mysterious Learning.- A Medieval Conclusion of History and Ideas of History.- Lixue, or the Learning of Principle, and Ideas of History.- Ideas of History in Ming and Qing Dynasties: Historical Criticism and Aspirations to Change.- Ideas of History in Modern China.- Globalization and Chinese Ideas of History.- Index.- Bibliography.- Appendix.