Literature and History in the Shi Ji of Sima Qian (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789882373280)

Miyazaki Ichisada (1901-1995) was a distinguished Japanese historian and a leading scholar of the Kyoto School. He was particularly renowned for developing Naitō Konan's thesis on the periodization of Chinese history, positing the beginning of modernity in the transition for late Tang dynasty through Northern Song. His contributions to sinology were highly recognized with the Japan Academy Prize (1958), the "Prix Stanislas Julien" (1978), and the medal of "Persons of Cultural Merit" in Japan (1989). His representative works include Tōyōteki kinsei (East Asian modernity, 1950), Kakyo: Chūgoku no shiken jigoku (The civil examination system: China's examination hell, 1976), and Kyūhin kanjinhō no kenkyū (Studies of the regulations of the Nine Ranks bureaucratic system, 1977).
Joshua A. Fogel was Canada Research Chair and Professor of modern Chinese history at York University. Trained initially in Chinese history, he developed an abiding interest in Japanese history and has published many important works on Japanese historiography and Sino-Japanese relations. His first major study was Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naitō Konan (1866-1934) (Harvard, 1984). His recently translated work, How the "Red Star" Rose: Edgar Snow and Early Images of Mao Zedong, was published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press in 2022.