Preface / Michael Gasster -- Foreword: The Nature of Chinese History -- Ch. I. Getting There -- Ch. II. The University Environment in Nanjing, 1947-1948 -- Ch. III. Intellectual Tumult, 1890s to 1940s -- Ch. IV. The Field of Historical Studies at Midcentury: The Broad Spectrum of Intellectual Orientations -- App. 1. Systematic Destruction of a Large Catholic Center by the Communists at Hsienhsien, Hopei Province, China -- App. 2. Gu Jiegang and Liu Yizheng -- App. 3. Translation of the Introduction to Gu Jiegang's Chinese History Studies in Our Time -- Addendum 1. Cosmogonic Myths of Early China and Among Its Border Peoples in Later Times - Keys to the Origins of Culture -- Addendum 2. Random Recollections of the Junior Sinologues Meeting, Leiden, Mid-September, 1955 -- Addendum 3. China in 1950 and China in 1974: Some Superficial Observations on the Changes of a Quarter Century -- Addendum 4. East Asian Studies at Princeton - View From the Beginnings.