Introduction
Academician Chang-chien Huang (1919–2009) graduated from National Central University in 1943 and joined the IHP the following year. He was promoted to Research Fellow in 1961 and elected Academician of Academia Sinica in 1982. Following his retirement in 1989, he continued as a Corresponding Research Fellow before being reappointed to Adjunct Research Fellow in 1997. During his early tenure at the IHP, Huang primarily continued the ongoing collation and publication project of Ming shilu (Ming veritable records), while also dedicating himself to the research of the political history of the Ming and Qing history, legal history, the Confucian classics, Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism as well as ancient Chinese history. He also served as the long-term editor of Dalu zazhi (The continent magazine), which ended publication in 2002.
The fonds of Chang-chien Huang mostly consists of manuscripts of his written works, but additionally contains writings inscribed by mentors and friends as well as reprints. Other archival materials include correspondences, reading and research notes, certificates, letters of appointment, and other related documents. Moreover, this fonds is remarkable for its inclusion of family records, with correspondences among relatives detailing the management and maintenance of his family estate in Liuyang, Hunan, reflecting the operational realities of local society during the early Republican era. These records also document the close friendship between his father, Huang Zheng, and Tan Sitong (1865–1898), who were classmates and served as advisors. Undoubtedly, this connection reveals the underlying reasons for Chang-chien Huang dedication to researching the Hundred Days’ Reform.
The fonds of Chang-chien Huang mostly consists of manuscripts of his written works, but additionally contains writings inscribed by mentors and friends as well as reprints. Other archival materials include correspondences, reading and research notes, certificates, letters of appointment, and other related documents. Moreover, this fonds is remarkable for its inclusion of family records, with correspondences among relatives detailing the management and maintenance of his family estate in Liuyang, Hunan, reflecting the operational realities of local society during the early Republican era. These records also document the close friendship between his father, Huang Zheng, and Tan Sitong (1865–1898), who were classmates and served as advisors. Undoubtedly, this connection reveals the underlying reasons for Chang-chien Huang dedication to researching the Hundred Days’ Reform.