The Spreading of Civilization History of Karl Lamprecht in the First
Half of the 20th Century in China
Zhang Jingping
Since late Qing Dynasty, as one of the important resources of western
historiography, Karl Lamprecht’s civilization history had been introduced
into Modern China by Chinese“The New History”historians. When
studied in Leipzig University in Germany in 1908, Tsai Yuan pei listened
to many courses about history of civilization lectured by Karl Lamprecht.
Also, teachers and students from many universities such as Beijing
University and Nanjing University introduced Lamprecht and his theory
in 1920s. Then, in 1930s and 1940s, Lamprecht The Spreading of
Civilization History of Karl Lamprecht in the First Half of the 20th
Century in China’s theory was highly introduced and remarked by
internal academic circle. An important aspect of the relationships between
the development of modern Chinese new historiography and western
historiography can be well understood through the process of early
spreading of Lamprecht’s civilization history in China.