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A Study of the Author and Value of Qinheguan Diary Collectedin Peking University Library

Zhou Xinhui(School of Literature Capital Normal University)   

  • Online:2025-11-15 Published:2025-11-26
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    Zhou Xinhui(School of Literature Capital Normal University)

Abstract:

Qinheguan Diary was collected in Peking University Library the author was recorded as yuanjun . After verification it is known that the author of the diary was Zhu Junying a Beijing officialin the late Qing Dynasty. The six volumes of diaries recorded six years‘ events in terms of 1869 18971899 1900 1901 and 1902. Zhu Junying has generations lived in Beijing and served as a school officialof the Imperial Academy for nearly thirty years so his diary can be used as a reference document tounderstand the daily work and recreational life of the Qing Dynasty’s officials in lower- and middle-class.During the 1900-Incident Zhu Junying stayed at the Imperial Academy and his diary recorded the socialreality and the restoration of order after the Boxer Rebellion and the Eight-Power Allied Forces enteredBeijing which is of great historical value.

Key words: Qinheguan Diary, Zhu Junying, The 1900-Incident, Imperial Academy