Wang Xuedian

Wang Xuedian, born in 1956 in Tengzhou, Shandong, is a chair professor at Shandong University, dean of the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies, honorary editor-in-chief of the journal Literature, History and Philosophy, and a member of the 13th and 14th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has long engaged in research on Chinese history and culture, historical theory and historiography, and modern Chinese intellectual history. His works include The Historical Fate of the Trend of Historicism, The Main Trends of Chinese Historiography in the Second Half of the 20th Century, and Gu Jiegang and His Disciples. Ten of his works are held in the collection, ranging from academic titles such as 20th-Century Chinese Historiography (Revised Edition), Introduction to Historiography, and Essays on the History of 20th-Century Chinese Historiography to subjects including Thangka art, new examinations of ancient Chinese history, physical-constitution-based health care, and travel in ancient cities, showing how his writing extends from specialized historiography to general readers.