Journal of Chuxiong Normal University ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 34-41.

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A Preliminary Study on the Jin Classics Works from the 13th through the First Half of the 20th Centuries of Scholars from Yunnan and Their Value

Yang Zhiming1,2   

  1. 1. School of Marxism, Chuxiong Normal University, Chuxiong, Yunnan Province 675000, China;
    2. College of Marxism, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650500, China
  • Received:2025-10-25 Published:2026-02-28

Abstract: Studies of Jin classics served as the foundation of the “political culture” in ancient China and the mainstay of traditional Chinese culture. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) incorporated Yunnan into its unified political and educational system, Jin classics education was gradually implemented in Yunnan. As Jin classics education deepened, scholars from Yunnan began to produce knowledge and theories in this field, creating a wide variety of richly voluminous works during the Ming (1368-1644), the Qing (1644-1911) and the Republican (1912-1949) periods. Jin classics education in Yunnan was an important part of the unified Jin classics education system in China. The works on this subject by scholars from Yunnan are historical evidence of the deep integration of regional culture of Yunnan with the national ideology and traditional Chinese culture in general, and they hold great social significance and academic value. Special efforts, therefore, should be made to organize, categorize and analyze them.

Key words: Jin classics education, scholar from Yunnan, Jin classics work, the Chinese nation, cultural integration

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