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Wang Guowei was a renowned scholar of international standing during the transitional period between modern and contemporary China. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Adopting a fresh humanistic perspective and a solemn historical approach, this book recreates, against the broad backdrop of the turn of the century, the turbulent times and dramatic changes that Wang Guowei experienced during his "fifty years of life." It chronicles how he rose from a mere "student" of the late Qing Dynasty and a commoner of humble origins to become a great master who integrated Chinese and Western learning and mastered both ancient and modern knowledge through self-study. From both macro and micro perspectives, the book comprehensively and meticulously presents his multifaceted contributions and global impact on modern Chinese culture and scholarship as a pioneer of new literary theory, a founder of new historiography, and one of the "Four Halls" of oracle bone studies and the "Four Great Masters" of Tsinghua University. At the same time, it ideologically reveals his tragic end-his pursuits, anguish, contradictions, and eventual self-drowning-amidst the great transformations of history.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿"¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

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