The compilation project of Qing history, a major national project that attracts the attention of scholars at home and abroad, is under the leadership of relevant state departments and compilation committees, with the strength of national history of Qing history (including scholars from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and is being carried out in an orderly and intense manner according to the established plan. People are eagerly looking forward to the publication of the new edition of Qing History, which can reflect the academic level of contemporary China. At the same time, editing and publishing a large number of original historical materials with precious historical value and a number of high-level domestic and foreign research works on Qing history are the basic projects supporting the main project of compiling Qing history (according to the New Compilation of Qing History). At present, the compilation and research of Qing history are so prosperous, which is the result of the joint efforts and pursuit of several generations of Qing history researchers, especially thanks to the pioneering and basic contributions made by many senior historians. They may use their profound and exquisite academic research results to open up a new road and lay the foundation for the development of the discipline of Qing history; In other words, with its long-standing reputation and influence, it is necessary to establish research institutions, organize and train research teams, and make unremitting efforts to accumulate conditions for the compilation of Qing history to be put on the agenda in a down-to-earth manner. Guo Yingqiu (1909 ~ 1985) is a senior leading cadre with "both ability and political integrity", "civil and military integrity" and "integrity". When I was a teenager, I studied hard four books and five classics. He is particularly fond of history. When studying in private schools, high schools, Wuxi National College and Teachers College, he read a lot of historical books, such as Zuo Zhuan, Mandarin, Historical Records, Hanshu, and Learning from the Same Experience. It laid a solid foundation for further study of history. He has made great achievements in the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and his masterpiece is Chronicle of Li Dingguo. Speaking of it, he studied the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties and wrote The Chronicle of Li Dingguo.
As early as 1957- 1963, when he was in charge of Nanjing University, he devoted himself to the study of the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tirelessly collecting information and writing monographs. At the same time, he also invited some famous Ming and Qing history experts to form the editorial board of Historical Records of the Late Ming Dynasty, and personally took the lead in formulating topics and editing Historical Records of the Late Ming Dynasty. Although this matter was interrupted for various reasons. In recent years, the editing and proofreading of this series has been resumed, and more than 70 books are planned to be edited and proofread, which will be published one after another. This move will certainly promote the data construction of late Ming history research, and he is the initiator and pioneer of this matter. 1963 After being transferred to China Renmin University, the school has a solid foundation for the study of Qing history and abundant talents, which has the conditions and potential for further study of Qing history. In addition, the older generation of central leaders attached importance to the history of the Qing Dynasty and repeatedly suggested compiling it. Guo Yingqiu, as the earliest director of the Central Committee for the Compilation of Qing History, knows the great significance of compiling Qing history. On various occasions, he repeatedly stressed the importance of compiling Qing history. As he said in the preface to Chronicle of Qing History, "In recent years, historians have paid attention to the study of Qing history", and gratifying progress has been made in all aspects related to Qing history. This is not only because it is the unshirkable and glorious duty of historical scientists to compile a complete and substantial history of the Qing Dynasty at a high level, fill the gap in the compilation of the history of the previous dynasties, and fulfill the wishes of the older generation of revolutionaries. More importantly, everyone has a deeper understanding of the significance of Qing history research and the relationship between Qing history research and real society. "
When Guo Yingqiu was alive, he worked hard to build a research institution of Qing history, cared for and trained researchers of Qing history, and tried his best to create various conditions for the compilation of Qing history, which was rewarded. In 2002, many well-known scholars, represented by Dai Yi, a famous historian and expert on Qing history, repeatedly called for and reported to the central leadership, demanding that the compilation of Qing history be included in the national plan, which was finally approved. As the largest academic and cultural project in the new century, the compilation of Qing history was officially launched in 2003, and the long-cherished wish pursued by senior historians such as Guo Yingqiu was finally realized. Mr. Dai Yi said that "Comrade Guo Yingqiu insisted on the history of the Qing Dynasty and made great contributions to the compilation of the history of the Qing Dynasty", which can be described as drinking water from the source and not forgetting the contributions of predecessors. Historian Dai Yi. 1926 was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. 1946 was admitted to the history department of the national Peking University.
In August 2002, the state started the compilation of Qing history, which is a landmark cultural project in the new century. This huge project is expected to take 10 years to complete, and its leader is Dai Yi, a famous historian and professor of Qing history at Renmin University of China. "There will be many innovations in the compilation of Qing history in the new century: first, it will have a world perspective, and comparing the Qing society in the process of world historical development will absorb the important achievements of foreign Qing history research. The second is to increase the number of directories that were not available in the past, which accounts for as much as 10 volume. All kinds of paintings, images, maps and photos of Qing society will be included, such as Kangxi's southern tour, Qianlong's southern tour, agricultural weaving and so on. To reproduce the life scene at that time. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, photography technology has been introduced to China, and this history of Qing Dynasty will collect 200,000 copies, presenting the "real content" of that era to readers. Third, in the past, people only wrote officials, not civilians. This time, we should fully reflect these people. " Style thunder "will occupy a place in this period of Qing history." His family has been an outstanding builder for generations, and China's architectural treasures, such as the Forbidden City, chengde mountain resort, Qingling Mausoleum and Summer Palace, have condensed their wisdom. As for Cheng Changgeng, Tan Xinpei and others who sang Peking Opera, they will also be written into Qing history. "
It is reported that the main body of Qing history will be as many as 92 volumes, about 30 million words. When this huge project was completed, it was exactly 275 years before The Twenty-four History of Ming Dynasty was written.