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A Tentative Study of New Historicism in China 　　[Abstract] The concept of New Historicism provides us with a new and critical perspective to understand the historical truth. Influenced by New Historicism， more and more scholars have been tapping into the truth of history by interpreting the literary texts of history in China. This paper aims at telling the impact of New Historicism on Chinese scholars， writers， and readers by analyzing the characteristics of history books， historical novels and new historical novels. 　　[Key words] New Historicism， historical truth， history books， historical novels， new historical novels. 　　【中图分类号】 H315.9 【文献标识码】 A 【文章编号】 1007-4244（2014）02-159-2 　　Introduction 　　In recent decades， a number of famous scholars have been interpreting historical events and historical figures of ancient dynasties with a new perspective which is different from traditional historicists by means of CCTV Historical Forum， such as Yi Zhongtian（易中天）， Yuan Tengfei（袁腾飞）， Yan Chongnian，（阎崇年） and so forth. In book markets， there are a variety of newly-published history books that focus on reinterpreting Chinese history. And every year， a lot of excellent historical films and TV series are made to reflect the historical events and heroes in a matter-of-fact way. These products make readers and audience re-learn history and provide them with the perspective that is related with New Historicism. What’s more， some famous novelists， like Li Er（李耳）， Yu Hua（余华）， Ye Zhaoyan（叶兆言）， and so on， wrote dozens of “New Historical” novels to faithfully mirror the contemporary society. Evidently， New Historicism has been directly or indirectly influencing Chinese people’s perspectives on history because these literary products have shown the characteristics of New Historicism from various angles 　　I. History Books： the Historicity of Texts and the Textuality of History 　　Louis Montrose described the new historicism as “a reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts an