Ping-ti Ho or Bingdi He (Chinese: 何炳棣; pinyin: Hé Bǐngdì; Wade–Giles: Ho Ping-ti; 1917–2012), who also wrote under the name P.T. Ho, was a Chinese-American historian. He wrote widely on China's history, including works on demography, plant history, ancient archaeology, and contemporary events. He taught at University of Chicago for most of his career, and was president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1975, the first scholar of East Asian descent to have that honor.
Ho entered Columbia University in New York City, and graduated with a PhD in history in 1952. His doctoral dissertation concerned British history in the 19th century.[1] Ho had already taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia of Canada. In 1963, Ho went to teach at the University of Chicago. In 1965, Ho was promoted to the James Westfall Thompson Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Ho retired from Chicago in 1987, but he soon became the Visiting Distinguished Professor of History and Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, where he retired for the second time in 1990.[2]
He forcefully attacked the school now known as the New Qing History in his exchange with Evelyn Rawski in 1996.[4] He argued, following the Harvard school of John King Fairbank, that the Manchu rulers had become "sinicized" and did not have a distinctive non-Chinese approach. He said sinicization was not incompatible with the politics of a multiethnic empire, yet to reject sinicization is to deny a fundamental force in Chinese history.[5] Xin Fan examines the intensity of Ho's passionate attacks on the New Qing History in the 1990s. He argues that Ho was a cultural exile in two ways. He taught far from his homeland and never fully Identified with the United States. That sort of exile intensified his nationalistic pride for China. He had terrible memories of the Sino-Japanese War. The new historiography was based on Manchu-language sources—Not Chinese language sources—and seemed to him to be an echo of the Japanese wartime imperialistic project of Manchuristic studies.[6]
His cousin Ho Ping-sung was also a famous historian in China.
Publicationsedit
Major books
Studies on the Population of China, 1368–1953 (1959)
The Ladder of Success in Imperial China, Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368–1911 (1962)
中國會館史論 (in Chinese). 1966.
The Cradle of the East: An Inquiry into the Indigenous Origins of Techniques and Ideas of Neolithic and Early Historic China, 5000–1000 B.C. (1975)
Ho (1954). "The Salt Merchants of Yang-Chou: A Study of Commercial Capitalism in Eighteenth-Century China". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 17 (1–2): 130–168. doi:10.2307/2718130. JSTOR 2718130.
"Aspects of social mobility in China, 1368-1911." Comparative Studies in Society and History' 1.4 (1959): 330-359. online
Ho, Ping-ti (1967). "The Significance of the Ch'ing Period in Chinese History". The Journal of Asian Studies. 26 (2): 189–195. doi:10.2307/2051924. JSTOR 2051924. S2CID 162396785.
Ho, Ping-ti (1998). "In Defense of Sinicization: A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski's "Reenvisioning the Qing"". The Journal of Asian Studies. 57 (1): 123–155. doi:10.1017/s0021911800022713. S2CID 162071050.
Referencesedit
Citationsedit
^He, Bingdi (1952). Land and State in Great Britain, 1873–1910; a Study of Land Reform Movements and Land Policies. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Academia Sinica – Humanities and Social Sciences: Academician Ping-ti Ho
^The biography of Ping-ti Ho July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^Ping-ti Ho, "In defense of Sinicization: A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski's “Reenvisioning the Qing”." Journal of Asian Studies 57.1 (1998): 123–155.
^Pamela Crossley, Beyond the culture: my comments on New Qing history
^Xin Fan, "The anger of Ping-Ti Ho: the Chinese nationalism of a double exile." Storia della storiografia 69.1 (2016): 147–160.
Sourcesedit
Fan, Xin. "The anger of Ping-Ti Ho: the Chinese nationalism of a double exile." Storia della storiografia 69.1 (2016): 147–160.
Keightley, David N. (1977), "Ping-Ti Ho and the Origins of Chinese Civilization", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 37 (2): 381–411, doi:10.2307/2718679, JSTOR 2718679
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In this Chinese name the family name is Ho He Ping ti Ho or Bingdi He Chinese 何炳棣 pinyin He Bǐngdi Wade Giles Ho Ping ti 1917 2012 who also wrote under the name P T Ho was a Chinese American historian He wrote widely on China s history including works on demography plant history ancient archaeology and contemporary events He taught at University of Chicago for most of his career and was president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1975 the first scholar of East Asian descent to have that honor Contents 1 Biography 2 Historiographical debates 3 Publications 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Sources 5 External linksBiography editHo s ancestral hometown is Jinhua Zhejiang Province and was born in Tianjin in 1917 In 1934 Ho studied at the Department of History of Tsinghua University in Beijing then he went to Shanghai studying at Kwang Hua University temporarily due to the Second Sino Japanese War and graduated in Tsinghua with a BA in 1938 After graduation Ho went to Yunnan in southwestern China during the Second Sino Japanese War and became a teaching assistant at the Department of History of the National Southwestern Associated University a university temporarily jointed by the Peking University Tsinghua University and Nankai University during the war In 1944 Ho won and obtained financial support from the Sixth Boxer Indemnity Scholarship and went to study in the United States in 1945 Ho entered Columbia University in New York City and graduated with a PhD in history in 1952 His doctoral dissertation concerned British history in the 19th century 1 Ho had already taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver British Columbia of Canada In 1963 Ho went to teach at the University of Chicago In 1965 Ho was promoted to the James Westfall Thompson Professor of History at the University of Chicago Ho retired from Chicago in 1987 but he soon became the Visiting Distinguished Professor of History and Social Sciences at the University of California Irvine where he retired for the second time in 1990 2 Ho was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica in 1966 a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979 and an honorary member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1997 Ho was also the first Asian born scholar ever to have been elected as President of the Association for Asian Studies 3 Ho received several honorary doctorates including the L L D from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1975 the L H D from Lawrence University in 1978 and the L H D from Denison University in 1988 Historiographical debates editHe forcefully attacked the school now known as the New Qing History in his exchange with Evelyn Rawski in 1996 4 He argued following the Harvard school of John King Fairbank that the Manchu rulers had become sinicized and did not have a distinctive non Chinese approach He said sinicization was not incompatible with the politics of a multiethnic empire yet to reject sinicization is to deny a fundamental force in Chinese history 5 Xin Fan examines the intensity of Ho s passionate attacks on the New Qing History in the 1990s He argues that Ho was a cultural exile in two ways He taught far from his homeland and never fully Identified with the United States That sort of exile intensified his nationalistic pride for China He had terrible memories of the Sino Japanese War The new historiography was based on Manchu language sources Not Chinese language sources and seemed to him to be an echo of the Japanese wartime imperialistic project of Manchuristic studies 6 His cousin Ho Ping sung was also a famous historian in China Publications editMajor booksStudies on the Population of China 1368 1953 1959 The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility 1368 1911 1962 中國會館史論 in Chinese 1966 The Cradle of the East An Inquiry into the Indigenous Origins of Techniques and Ideas of Neolithic and Early Historic China 5000 1000 B C 1975 读史阅世六十年 60 Years of Reading History and Living Life in Chinese Beijing Zhonghua Book Company 2012 ISBN 978 7 101 08541 9 Major articlesHo 1954 The Salt Merchants of Yang Chou A Study of Commercial Capitalism in Eighteenth Century China Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 17 1 2 130 168 doi 10 2307 2718130 JSTOR 2718130 Aspects of social mobility in China 1368 1911 Comparative Studies in Society and History 1 4 1959 330 359 online Ho Ping ti 1967 The Significance of the Ch ing Period in Chinese History The Journal of Asian Studies 26 2 189 195 doi 10 2307 2051924 JSTOR 2051924 S2CID 162396785 Ho Ping ti 1998 In Defense of Sinicization A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski s Reenvisioning the Qing The Journal of Asian Studies 57 1 123 155 doi 10 1017 s0021911800022713 S2CID 162071050 References editCitations edit He Bingdi 1952 Land and State in Great Britain 1873 1910 a Study of Land Reform Movements and Land Policies New York a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Academician Ping ti Ho The biography of Ping ti Ho Archived July 25 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ping ti Ho In defense of Sinicization A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski s Reenvisioning the Qing Journal of Asian Studies 57 1 1998 123 155 Pamela Crossley Beyond the culture my comments on New Qing history Xin Fan The anger of Ping Ti Ho the Chinese nationalism of a double exile Storia della storiografia 69 1 2016 147 160 Sources edit Fan Xin The anger of Ping Ti Ho the Chinese nationalism of a double exile Storia della storiografia 69 1 2016 147 160 Keightley David N 1977 Ping Ti Ho and the Origins of Chinese Civilization Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 37 2 381 411 doi 10 2307 2718679 JSTOR 2718679External links editPing ti Ho renowned scholar of China 1917 2012 Ping ti Ho 我与胡适的交往 My friendship with Hu Shih permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ping ti Ho amp oldid 1179261563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
