Gu Jiegang

Gu Jiegang was a highly influential Chinese historian best known for his sevenvolume work Gushi Bian . He was a cofounder and the leading force of the Doubting Antiquity School.

Gu Jiegang was born two years before Chinas defeat in the First SinoJapanese War. The country during his early years was wrought with turmoil. During high school, Gu briefly joined a revolutionary group during the 1911 Revolution. However, he soon realized that he had no personal aptitude for politics, and no ability in promoting great social movements. He developed an interest in history while being a student at Peking University, and resolved to use a new historical narrative to calm his countrys social and political turmoil.

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