Gu Yanwu
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Gu Yanwu was a Chinese historian, philologist, and poet. After failing to advance through the civil service examination system and surviving the upheaval of the Qing conquest of the Ming dynasty, he b
19th-century portrait
Former residence of Gu Yanwu in Qiandun (now Qiandeng, Kunshan, Jiangsu)
Gardens at the Gu Yanwu residence in Qiandeng
Gu Yanwu's grave in Qiandeng
Gu Jiegang
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Gu Jiegang was a Chinese historian, philologist, and folklorist, noted for his critiques of traditional historiography. Born to a family of scholars in Suzhou, he developed a great interest in philolo
A young Gu Jiegang and his grandmother, c. 1900
Gu Jiegang (left) with fellow Socialist Party members Ye Shengtao and Wang Boxiang, c. 1912
Hu Shih in 1917. Hu formed a major influence on Gu's historical thought.
Gu (third from right) with editors and contributors to the Weekly Review of the Institute of Sinology, 1924. Hu Shih stands by him, fourth from right.