Introduction to Gu Jiguang

Gu Jiguang (1907-1993), born on February 2, 1907 in Xiangtan, Hunan, is a historian. He graduated from the History Department of Tsinghua University in 1933 and stayed at the school to teach. He once served as a lecturer at Nankai University, a professor at Xiamen University, and a professor and department director at National Chung Cheng University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as professor and provost of Jiangxi Normal University, deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education, vice president, president, honorary president of Jiangxi University, vice chairman and honorary chairman of the Jiangxi Federation of Social Sciences, and vice president of the second to fifth sessions of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Chairman and deputy director of the Fifth National People’s Congress Standing Committee, member of the first and second central committees of the Democratic League and chairman of the first to third Jiangxi Provincial Committee, director of the Chinese Historical Society, chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Historical Society, National Qin and Han History Society, Wei and Jin Dynasties Consultant to the Southern and Northern Dynasties History Society, Tang History Society, and Song History Society, honorary director of the Chinese Society for the History of Economic Thought, and consultant to the Military System Branch of the Encyclopedia of China. He has long been engaged in the research and teaching of ancient Chinese military history and economic history. He is the author of "Explanation of the Fubing System", "Essays on Ancient Chinese Economic History", and "Shilin Manshi".