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Hou Jianxin |
E-mail:houjianxin5@vip.163.com
Professor Hou Jianxin (Ph.D in History, Nankai University), is the senior professor and the Vice Director of Academic Committee of Tianjin Normal University (TNU). He has also been the Dean of Institute of European Civilization of TNU, and the Distinguished Professor of Nanjing University. Prof. Hou was the member of the subject consultative group of the fifth and sixth Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, and the convener of the World History group of the seventh state Academic Degree Committee. He has been the honorary president of the Chinese Society of World Ancient and Medieval History. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Economic and Social History Review and an expert of Review Board of the National Social Science Foundation of China.
Prof. Hou is the author of Western Europe and China in Transition(2001), The Primary Foundation for Modernization—the Individual Rights of Peasants and Social Changes in the Late Middle Ages(1991), A New Theory of the Origin of Capitalism(2014)and many other works.
Prof. Hou Jianxin’s research mainly focus on the British economic and social history, European civilization and comparison between China and the West during modernization.
Besides academic research, Prof. Hou’s teaching is widely acclaimed. He was awarded the Nationwide Prominent Teacher and many other honors.
Personal Positions
2010—present: Dean of the Institute of European Civilization, Tianjin Normal University
2001—2015: Dean of School of History and Culture, Tianjin Normal University
1993—2001: Director of Department of History, Tianjin Normal University
1997—2012: professor and doctoral supervisor of Institute of World Medieval History, Northeast Normal University
2010—present: Distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor, Nanjing University
Professional Affiliations
2003—2015: Member of the fifth and sixth Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
2015—2020: Convener of the World History group under the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
2004—2020: President of the Chinese Society of World Medieval History
2009—present: President/Honorary President of the Chinese Society of World Ancient and Medieval History
Prof. Hou has also served as expert of Review Board of the National Social Science Foundation of China, member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Chinese Academy of History, member of Expert Committee on Curriculum and Textbook for basic education under Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China and convener of expert group on the revision of history curriculum standards for national compulsory education under Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China.
Honorary Titles
1. National Progressive Individuals (All-China Federation of Trade Unions, 2010)
2. Top Ten Outstanding Teachers on Virtue and Profession (Tianjin Municipal People’s Government, 2009)
3. Nationwide Prominent Teacher (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2004)
4. Outstanding Talents Returned after Studying Abroad in the Education System (Tianjin Municipal People’s Government, 1998)
5. National Young Experts with Outstanding Contribution (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, 1996)
6. Experts with Special Allowances of State Council (1995)
Research Projects
1. 2021-present: “A Comparative Study of Medieval Chinese and European Civilizations”.
Chief expert on the major historical issues research project of the Chinese Academy of History under the Nation Social Science Foundation.
2. 2012-2019: “Research on the Process of European Civilization”.
Chief expert of the major bidding project of the National Social Science Foundation.
3. 2011-2017: Director of medieval history section in the translation project of The Cambridge Ancient History and The New Cambridge Medieval History (Major Bidding Project of the National Social Science Foundation and Major Project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).
4. 2006-2008: “Research on Social Transition of Western Europe in the 15th-19th Centuries”.
It is the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Project of National Social Science Foundation.
5. 2001-2003: “Historical Schools in Contemporary Western World”. (Co-author with Xu Hao)
Key textbook for the Tenth Five-Year Plan of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
6. 2000-2002: “Research on English Rural Life before the Industrial Revolution”.
It is the Ninth Five-Year Plan Project of National Social Science Foundation.
7. 1995-1997: “Economic and Social Changes in Central Hebei of China and its Comparison with Britain”.
It is the Eighth Five-Year Plan Project of National Social Science Foundation.
8. 1989-1991: “The Modernization Process of British Rural Areas and its Comparison with China”.
It is the Seventh Five-Year Plan Project of National Social Science Foundation.
Monographs
1.The Evolution of European Civilization: Peasant's Land Property Right, The Commercial Press, 2023.
2. A New Theory of the Origin of Capitalism, SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2014.
3. Western Europe and China in Transition (First Edition), Jinan Publishing House, 2002.
Western Europe and China in Transition (Second Edition), Higher Education Press, 2005. Recommended by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China as the textbook for graduate students.
The monograph was awarded the Second Prize of the Fourth National Outstanding Achievement Award for the research of humanities and social sciences in colleges and universities.(2006)
4. Peasant, Market, and Social Change——Perspective of Eleven Villages in the Central Hebei of China and its Comparison with British Countryside, Social Science Academic Press, 2002.
The monograph was awarded “the First Prize of the Ninth Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement” (2004) and the “Chinese Academic Foreign Translation Project of National Social Science Foundation” (2021).
5. The Primary Foundation for Modernization—the Individual Rights of Peasants and Social Changes in the Late Middle Ages, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1991.
The monograph was awarded the Second Prize of the First National Social Science Outstanding Achievement (1995) and the Second Prize of the Fifth Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement (1993).
6. Evolution of the Forms of Ownership and Social Change, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2016. (Co-Author with Zhao Wenhong and Zhang Hongju)
7. A Brief History of the World, China Social Sciences Press, 2014. (Co-Author with Wu Yin, Guo Xiaoling, Liu Beicheng and Yu Pei)
8. Medieval Political System, Volume 10 of World History (Multi-volume), Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, 2011.
9. Historical Schools in Contemporary Western World, China Renmin University Press, 1996, reprint in 2001, 2002. Reprint by Chiu Ming Publishing Company in 2002.
The expanded edition was published by China Renmin University Press in 2009. It is the textbook for graduate students recommended by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
Translations (English to Chinese)
1. The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. VII, China Social Science Press, 2022. (Main translator)
Note: Deputy director of the General Editorial Boardfor Chinese translation of The New Cambridge Medieval History(Seven Volumes) and The Cambridge Ancient History(Fourteen Volumes).
2. The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol.3: Counter-Reformation and Price Revolution, 1559-1610, China Social Science Press, 2018. (Co-translator)
3. Life on the English Manor, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2005.
This monograph was awarded by Chinese Reading Weekly as one of the 100 most popular books of 2005.(Organizer,reviewer and reviser of the translation, preface writing of the Chinese translation)
Compilatory Works (As Editor in chief or Co-Edit)
1. 19 Lectures on Sinic and Western Civilization, The Commercial Press, 2022. (Editor-in-chief)
2. A Handbook of Concise World History Knowledge, China Social Science Press, 2022.(Member of the Editorial committee)
3. Exploration of European Civilization, China Social Science Press, 2019. (Editor-in-chief)
4. World History (textbook for Chinese compulsory education), People’s Education Press, 2018. (Editor-in-chief)
The textbook won the grand prize of National Textbook Construction Award on basic education. This award was established for the first time, which is also one of the three grand prizes and the top award for textbooks.
5. City, Countryside and Culture in the Medieval Europe, People’s Publishing House, 2014. (Editor-in-chief)
6. Curriculum Standards for National Compulsory Education in History, Beijing Normal University Publishing Group, 2011. (Convener of Writing Group)
7. Economic and Social History Research Series, Jinan Publishing House, 2001. (Editor-in-chief)
8. Economic and Social History: A New Direction of Historical Research, The Commercial Press, 2002. (Editor-in-chief)
9. A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Feudal Societies, Xuelin Publishing House, 1997. (Editor-in-chief: Ma Keyao)
10. A Comparative Study on Modernization of Different Countries,Shaanxi People’s Publishing House, 1993. (Editor-in-chief: Luo Rongqu)
11. Economic & Social History Review(Volume 1 to 7), SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2005-2014. (Editor-in-chief)
12. European Economic and Social History Series, People’s Publishing House, 2011— (Editor-in-chief)
The Main Papers as Follows
1. “Land Property of the England Kings in the Middle Ages”, Historical Research, No. 6, 2023.
2. “Dark Middle Ages” and the Creation of European Civilization, Chinses Social Sciences Today, 2024-01-03.
3. “Similarity and Divergence in the Ancient World: illustrated with the evolution of peasants’ land property right”, Journal of Chinese Historical Studies, No.3, 2022.
4. “How English Peasants Deal with Their Land”, Guangming Daily (Weekly Edition of Literature, History and Philosophy), June 13, 2022.
5. “Social Problems and Countermeasures Caused by British Land Ownership Reform”, Exploration and Free Views, No.6, 2022.
6. Preface of The New Cambridge Medieval History (Chinese translation),in The New Cambridge Medieval History (Chinese translation, seventeenth volumes),2022.
7. “ ‘Quasi Independent Individual’: The Breakthrough Contribution of the Germanic People”, Journal of Historical Science, No.10, 2021.
It is one of the series articles of “Round Table: Re-understanding European Civilization”. Its topic focused on “The Middle Ages and Meta-Rulers of European Civilization”, Historical Research, No. 3, 2020.
8. “Top-down Reformation Land Ownership Establishment of German Peasants”, Economic and Social History Review, No.3, 2021.
9. “Land Property Rights of Peasants before and after the French Revolution: From a Misjudgment of Tocqueville”,Collected Papers of History Studies, No.5, 2021.
10. “The Legislation and Practice of the Confirmation of Land Property in Modern Britain”,World History, No. 4, 2021.
It was reprinted by China Social Science Excellence (World History, No.12, 2021),on which it won the Top Ten Most Popular Articles in 2021.
11. “A Century’s Study on Medieval History in China”,Chinese Social Science Today, February 22, 2021. (Co-author with Zheng Yang)
12. “The Middle Ages and Meta-Rules of European Civilization”,Historical Research, No. 3, 2020.
It was reprinted by China Social Science Excellence (World History,No.10, 2020), on which it became one of the most popular articles. It was also reprinted by China University Academic Abstracts (No. 5, 2020). It won Top Ten Outstanding Historical Articles in 2020 (Chinese Academy of History: “2021 Annual Frontier Report of History Report in China”).
13. “From Tenure to Modern Property Rights: A Reinterpretation of Feudalism in Western Europe”, in The Formation of Modern Western Political Thought, Edited by Cong Riyun, Oriental Publishing House, 2020.
14. “Enclosure Movement and Establishment of Land Ownership: An Empirical Study of Agrarian Innovation in England in the 16th Century”, Journal of Historical Science, No.10, 2019.
As a cover article, it was reprinted emphatically by Xinhua Digest(No.1, 2020), and it won 2019 Top Ten Best Articles selected by Chinese Academy of History in 2020. It was also awarded the first prize of Seventeenth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science in 2021.
15. “Research on ‘Dark Middle Ages’ will Have a Bright Future”,Chinese Social Science Today, November 25, 2019.
16. “The Marketization of the Feudal Land Rent and the ‘Enclosure’ in England”,World History, No. 4, 2019.
Reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, No.1, 2020, China University Academic Abstracts, No.6, 2019 and China Social Science Excellence, No.11, 2019.
17. “The First Sign of Enclosure Movement: The Assart in Medieval Western Europe”, Collected Papers of History Studies, No. 5, 2018.
Reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, No.1, 2019.
18. “40-year Research on the Medieval History in Chinese Academe”, World History, No. 4, 2018.
Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, No.11, 2018.
19. “The Construction of Early European Civilization”, Guangming Daily, August 13, 2018.
20. “The Dual Structure of Village Organizations in Medieval Western European”, Historical Research, No. 3, 2018.
21. “The Transformation of Connotation of the Tenure and Tenant before the Enclosure Movement in England”,World History, No. 1, 2018.
22. “A Review of The New Cambridge Medieval History”, Historiography Quarterly, No. 1, 2018. (Co-author with Zheng Yang)
23. “Reconstruction of Civilization: European Civilization and Classical Civilization”, History and Geography, Autumn, 2017.
24. “The Construction and Influence of Early European Civilization”, History Teaching, September, 2017.
25. “The Accumulation of Thoughts and Discourses: The Transition of the View on Property in the Pre-Modern Western European”, World History, No. 1, 2016.
26. “New Trends of the Study on European History”, Journal of Foreign Studies, No. 1, 2016.
27. “Legally Restricted Obligations and Changes in the Status of Serfs in England”, Historical Research, No. 3, 2015.
28. “The Model of Scholars: Memories of Chen Hansheng”, Historiography Bimonthly, No. 2, 2015.
29. “New Perspectives on the Beginning of the Transformation of Western Europe”, World History, No. 4, 2014.
30. “Round Table: Re-understanding European Civilization”, Historiography Bimonthly，No. 2, 2014.
31. “Learn about Europe，Locate China”, Guangming Daily, September 17, p.16, 2014.
32. “English Peasants’ Rights to Land in the Middle Ages”, Historical Research，No. 4, 2013.
It was awarded the first prize of Fourteenth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science.
33. “Religious Factor and the Formation of European Civilization”, History Research and Teaching, No. 4, 2013.
34. “Consumption of the Peasants of Central Hebei in the Republic of China: What to Eat”, Guangming Daily, August 8, 2013.
35. “New Visual Angle: Restudies on Origin of Capitalism”, Historiography Bimonthly, No. 3, 2013.
36. “Right to Resistance: The Historical Heritage of European Feudalism”, World History, No. 2, 2013.
Reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, No.9, 2013.
37. “About the Concept of ‘the Middle Ages’”, History Research and Teaching, No. 5, 2012.
38. “Dietary Revolution of English Peasants before Industrialization”, Guangming Daily, July 5, 2012.
Reprinted by Xinhua Digest, No.17, 2012.
39. “New Trends in the Last Two Decades’ Research on Medieval English Socio-Economic History”, Historical Research, No. 5, 2011. Reprinted by Xinhua Digest, No.4, 2012. (Co-author with Long Xiuqing)
40. “Per Capita Output and Consumption in England before the Industrial Revolution”, Economic and Social History Review(vol. 6), SDX Joint Publishing Company, November, 2012.
41. “Further Research on Social Changes of China and Western Countries during the Transition Period”, History Research and Teaching, No. 4, 2012.
42. “Blend and Creation: Three Origins of the Western European Civilization”, World History, No. 4, 2011.
43. “Economic-Social History: The Important Platform of the Study of European Social Transformation”, Historiography Bimonthly, No. 4, 2011.
44. “Comparison of Wage Labor in Agriculture between China and England in the Pre-modern Era”, in New Exploration in British History, Edited by Qian Chengdan and Gao Dai, Peking University Press, 2011.
45. “Comparative Study of the Agricultural Wage Labour in Pre-Modern China and England”, Proceedings of the British-Chinese History Conference, Edited by Qian Chengdan & Miles Taylor, University of London Institute of Historical Research, 2011.
46. “Family Education: The Catalytic Agent of the Elementary Education in Modern England”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No. 6, 2010. (Co-author with Zhang Xiaohan)
47. “Enhance the Study on the Diversity and Vividness of Civilization”, World History, No. 2, 2010.
48. “Sixty-Year Research of World History in New China”, Hebei Academic Journal, No. 4, 2009.
49. “Thirty-Year Research of World History”, Historical Research, No. 6, 2008.
50. “From Economic History to Economic-Social History”, World History, Supplement (Commemorating 30 years of the journal’s foundation and the Reform and Opening-up), 2008. (Co-Author with Liu Jinghua)
51. “The Rise of Western Europe: History with the Interaction between Economic and Society and Related Disciplines”, Social Science Front, No. 4, 2008.
52. “A Discussion of the Concept of ‘Feudal’ ”, Frontiers of History in China, Vol.2, No.1, January 2007.
53. “No Reality, No History”, Tianjin Daily, June 25, 2007, p.10.
54. “Make History More Convincing: From Economic History to Economic-Social History”, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 5, 2007.
Reprinted by Xinhua Digest, No.22, 2007.
55. “Epochality of History and the History of Eternal”, Historiography Bimonthly, No. 4, 2006.
Reprinted by Xinhua Digest, No.3, 2007.
56. “Feudalism: All the Details of Misplaced Conceptions and Repartee”, History Teaching, No. 1, 2006.
57. “A Reassessment of the Agricultural Production and the Level of Consumption in England before the Industrial Revolution”, World History, No. 4, 2006.
58. “Subjective Rights and Its Meanings to the Studies of Western European History”, Historiography Bimonthly, No. 1, 2006.
59. “The Manor Court as a Great Barrier to Over-exploitation of the Tenants”, Economic and Social History Review(Vol. 2), SDX Joint Publishing Company, October, 2006.
60. “Yeoman: The Bellwether of Modernization in England”, Collected Papers of History Studies, No. 4, 2006.
Reprinted by China University Academic Abstracts, No.5, 2006.
61. “Analysis of China’s Rural Market in the Early 20th Century: A Report from Qingyuan County”, in China in the 20th Century, Edited by Feng Chongyi, China Social Science Press, 2006.
62. “Enhancing the Competitiveness of Chinese Culture: Absorption, Participation and Sublimation”, People’s Daily, April 1, 2005, p.15.
63. “The Origin of the Concept of ‘Feng Jian’ (封建)’ in China”, Tianjin Daily, December 12, 2005.
64. “A Discussion of the Concept of ‘Feng Jian’ (封建)”, Social Sciences in China, No. 6, 2005.
It was extracted by Xinhua Digest, No. 2, 2006, and won the first prize of the Eleventh Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science. For the English version, see Frontiers of History in China, Vol.2, No.1, January 2007.
65. “A Comparative Study of Rural Credit in Pre-industrial China and England”, Journal of Historical Science, No. 2, 2005. (Co-author with Zhao Wenjun)
The article was introduced on academic news section in Guangming Daily. (April 6, 2005)
66. “Seminar on Academic Frontier in World History in the New Century: The Concept of ‘Feudalism’ in Western Europe”, World History, No.6, 2005.
67. “Symposium on the First Issue of Economic-Social History Review: Why Founded the Journal?”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.2, 2005.
68. “Primitive Individual Rights: Interpretation of the Similarities and Differences between Traditional Chinese and Western Societies”, in New Perspective on Historical Comparison: Academic Forum on Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Histories, Jilin People’s Press, 2005.
69. “Book Review on the Chinese translation of Mark Bloch’s Feudal Society”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.4, 2004. (Co-author with Sun Litian)
Reprinted by Guangming Daily, November 25, 2004, p. 3.
70. “Subject Rights and the Evolution of Medieval Societies in Western Europe”, History Research and Teaching, No.1, 2004.
71. “Comparison of Individual Rights with the Transition of Chinese and Western Societies”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.1, 2004.
72. “Twenty-year Constant Pursuit”,History Teaching, No.10, 2003.
73. “Analysis of Social Transformation in Western Europe and China from Non-economic Factors——With a Discussion on the Introduction of Economic-Social History”, Journal of Historical Theory and Historiography, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2003.
74. “Opening up New Fields of Historical Research: Economic-Social History”, in Prospect on Chinese Historiography in the 21st Century, China Social Sciences Press, 2003.
75. “Humanist and Integrated History: Western Economic and Social History”,World History, No.1, 2002.
76. “Primitive Individual Rights and Feudal Political System in Western Europe”, Journal of Henan University (Social Sciences), No.3, 2002.
77. “The Population Moving and the Hired Labors of the Central Hebei in 1930s and 1940s”, Journal of Northeast Normal University, No. 3, 2002.
Reprinted by China University Academic Abstracts, No.5, 2002.
78. “Trends of Land Management and Transferring of Land Property the in Modern Central Hebei——Comparison with the Trends of Land Property Transferring in Pre-Industrial England”,Researches in Chinese Economic History, No.4, 2001.
79. “Agricultural Costs, Peasants’ Burdens and Surpluses in Republic of China——An Quantitative Analysis of Eleven Villages in Central Hebei”, Theory and Modernization, No.5, 2001.
80. “A Comparison of the Social Transformation of Western Europe and China”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.4, 2001.
81. “Analysis of the Rural Market in Central Hebei in the First Half of the 20th Century”, Journal of Chinese Social and Economic History, No.2, 2001.
82. “An Investigation of the Conditions of Agricultural Production in Central Hebei in the First Half of the 20th Century”, History Teaching, No.2, 2001.
83. “Peasants’ Living and Consumption Levels in Pre-industrial England”, World History, No.2, 2001.
84. “The Research of Labour Productivity of Peasant Household in Central Hebei Province in the Period of the Republic of China”, Agricultural History of China, No.1, 2001.
85. “Analyse Misunderstanding about Economic Studies of Chinese Countryside”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.1, 2001.
86. “The Growth of the Individual Rights of the Peasants and the Disintegration of Natural Economy in Medieval England”, in Chinese Academic Classics Library in History of 20th Century(Volume of World History), Lanzhou University Press, 2000.
87. “A Commentary on Economic Survey and Research of Rural China in 1920s-30s”, Journal of Historical Science, No. 4, 2000.
88. “A Comparison of Rural Organization between China and England in Late Middle Ages”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.3, 2000.
89. “Peasants’ Living and Consumption Levels in Central Hebei Province of Republic of China”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.3, 2000.
90. “Formation of Yeoman-gentry Class and the Rise Agrarian Capitalism in Western Europe——A Comparison with Gentry in Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasties”, Tianjin Social Sciences, No.3, 2000.
91. “A Study on the Population and Education in Central Hebei of Republic of China”,History Teaching, No.2, 2000.
92. “Reviews of Main Foreign Schools of Study on Small-scale Peasant Economy”,World History, No.1, 1999.
93. “The Western Legal Tradition and the Rise of Capitalism”, Historical Research, No.2, 1999.
94. “A Comparison of Rural Employment between China and the West in Late Middle Ages”, Journal of Historical Science, No.5, 1998. (Co-author with Zhao Wenjun)
95. “English Assart Colonization and Its Impact on Traditional Manor System”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.4, 1998.
96. “New Population Theory, Equilibrium Trap and ‘Theory of Involutionary Growth’”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.3, 1998.
97. “Comparison of Migration of Agricultural Labours in China and Western Countries in the Later Middle Ages”, A Collection of Papers on the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Department of History of Nankai University, Nankai University Press, 1997.
98. “Why it is Difficult for the Development of Rural Employment Economy in Ming and Qing Dynasties: A Comparison with the Rural Employment Economy in Late Medieval England”, Researches in Chinese Economic History, No.3, 1997.
99. “A Comparison of the Rural Development and the Start of Modernization between China and England in Late Middle Ages”, Thesis Collection of Chinese Doctor in Arts and Social Sciences (Volume of History), Zhejiang Education Publishing House, 1998.
100. “The Political Significance and Academic Value of Chen Hansheng’s Rural Investigation in the 1930s”, in Chen Hansheng's Centenarian Birthday Collection, China Social Sciences Press, 1998.
101. “An Exploration ofthe Race, Language and Traditions of England”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.10, 1995.
102. “Chinese and English Labour Productivity and Its Core Meaning in Modernization”, World History, No.5, 1994.
103. “Commercialization and the Start of Modernization in Late Middle Ages”, Historical Research, No.5, 1994.
104. “Reviews on Western Research of Gender History”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.4, 1993.
Reprinted by Xinhua Digest, December, 1993.
105. “Enhance the Layering of the Comparison between China and the West”, Historiography Bimonthly, No.1, 1993.
106. “The Motivation for the Western Transition to Modern society”, Historical Research, No.3, 1991.
107. “Reviews on the Research of Historical Comparison”, in Reviews on the Research in World History after 1949, Social Sciences Academic Press China), 1991.
108. “Questions Concerning the Medieval Urban Communes of Western Europe: Book Review on French Medieval Communes”, Urban History Research (Volume 4), Tianjin Education Press, 1991.
109. “Ranke School: From Objectivism to Subjective Idealism”, History Teaching, No.11, 1990.
110. “Definitions and Trends of Social History in the West”, Trends in World History, No.5, 1990.
111. “Enhance the Foundation of Agriculture: Historical Thinking and Realistic Choice”, Productivity Research, No.3, 1990.
112. “English Knights, Esquires and Gentlemen and Are Not Nobles”, History Teaching, No.3, 1988.
113. “A Brief Discussion of Family History in Contemporary West”, Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Social Sciences), No.3, 1990.
114. “Individual Development and the Transformation of English Rural Class Structure”, World History, No.1, 1989.
115. “Analysis of the Transition Goals of Traditional Agriculture from the Prospective of British History——With Discussion of Family Farm Became Main Components of Chinese Rural Entrepreneur”, Rural Economy and Society, No.4, 1989.
116. “Marx’s Theory of Social Formation and the Primary Stage of Socialism”, Tianjin Social Sciences, No.10, 1988. (Co-author with Gao Zhongjun)
117. “Definition of French Medieval Communes”, Trends in World History, No.4, 1987.
118. “The Growth of the Individual Rights of the Peasants and the Disintegration of Natural Economy in Medieval England”,Historical Research, No.3, 1987.
Recommended by Academic Trends(Bureau of Scientific Research Management of Chinese Academy of Social), No.16, 1988 and won the third prize ofthe Fourth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science.
119. “Peasants’ Individual Development before Opium War”, Social Science Front, No.1, 1988.
Recommended by Academic Trends, No.17, 1988, and regarded it as a companion piece of “The Growth of the Individual Rights of the Peasants and the Disintegration of Natural Economy in Medieval England”, Historical Research, No.3, 1987.
Awards
1. Top Ten Best Articles of History in China (2020). (Chinese Academy of History: “2021 Annual Frontier Report of History in China”.)
“The Middle Ages and Meta-Rules of European Civilization”, Historical Research, No. 3, 2020.
2. Top Ten Best Articles in History in China (2019)in “Series of Achievements to Celebrate the Centenary of Founding of the CPC”. (Chinese Academy of History: “2020 Annual Frontier Report of History in China”.)
The first prize of the Seventeenth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science.
“Enclosure Movement and Establishment of Land Ownership: An Empirical Study of Agrarian Innovation in England in the 16th Century”,Journal of Historical Science, No. 10, 2019.
3. The grand prize of National Textbook Construction Award on basic education. This award was established for the first time, which is also one of the three grand prizes and the top award for textbooks. (2021)
World History(compulsory education textbook of China), People’s Education Press, 2018.
4. The first prize of the Eighth Tianjin Outstanding Teaching Achievements in Higher Education.(2018)
“The Reformation of Teaching of European History under the Perspective of Economic and Social History”.
5. The first prize of the Fourteenth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science.(2016)
“English Peasant’s Rights to Land in the Middle Ages”, Historical Research, No. 4, 2013.
6. The first prize of the Eleventh Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science. (2008)
“A Discussion of the Concept of ‘Feng Jian (封建)’”, Social Sciences in China, No. 6, 2005.
7. The first prize of the Ninth Tianjin Outstanding Achievement in Social Science.(2004)
Peasant, Market, and Social Change——Perspective of Eleven Villages in theCentralHebei Province and its Comparison with British Countryside, Social Science Academic Press, 2002.
8. The second Prize of the Fourth National Outstanding Achievement Award for the Research of Humanities and Social Sciences in colleges and universities. (2006)
Western Europe and China in Transition(Second Edition), Higher Education Press, 2005.
9. The second prize of the First National Social Science Outstanding Achievement.(1995)
The Primary Foundation for Modernization—the Individual Rights of Peasants and Social Changes in the Late Middle Ages, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1991.
10. Supervisor of the Dissertations Nominated for the National 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.(2008, 2013)
11. The first prize of the Theoretical Essays for Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee in Tianjin.
“Marxist Theory of Social Formation and the Primary Stage of Socialism”,Tianjin Social Sciences, No. 10, 1988.
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