Abstract:

From the 1920s to the 1940s, LV Si-mian published a few works on Chinese marriage history, which were revised and rewritten several times. In LV Si-mian’s historiographical structure, the study of Chinese marriage history is placed in a rather special position, and the approach to the study of marriage history quite typically demonstrates LV’s style. Taking it as an important case in the paradigm shift of modern historiography, and examining the specific circumstances of LV Si-mian’s writing and revising the study on Chinese marriage history, we can reveal that “rewriting” the same topic from time to time not only reflects the historian’s development and revision of his own academic views, but also the complex historiographical practice of modern scholars’ “recreating the past” with new ideas and concepts.

Key words: LV Si-mian, Chinese marriage history, social system, historical excerpt style