# Xu Jilin

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Chinese historian

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**Xu Jilin** (born 1957; [Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 许纪霖; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Xú Jìlín*) is a Chinese historian. He is a professor of history at [East China Normal University](/source/East_China_Normal_University),[1] and specializes in 20th century [Chinese intellectual history](/source/Chinese_intellectual_history).

## Early life

Born in 1957 in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai), Xu Jilin dropped out of school and became a librarian because of the [Cultural Revolution](/source/Cultural_Revolution). As time passed, he eventually decided to pursue further education after passing [National Higher Education Entrance Examination](/source/National_Higher_Education_Entrance_Examination). He studied policy at [East China Normal University](/source/East_China_Normal_University).[2]

## Career

In 1982 Xu graduated with a Bachelor's degree. He became a university lecturer. From 1997 to 2003, Xu Jilin traveled to three universities as a visiting professor and visiting scholar: the [Harvard–Yenching Institute](/source/Harvard%E2%80%93Yenching_Institute),[3] the [National University of Singapore](/source/National_University_of_Singapore), and the [University of Tokyo](/source/University_of_Tokyo). In 2003, he returned to the East China Normal University where he continued his career.[2]

Xu Jilin serves on the editorial board of the journal *Twenty-First Century Bimonthly*, published by Chinese University of Hong Kong.[4]

## Views

Xu is a [Third Way](/source/Third_Way) [liberal](/source/Liberalism_in_China) who disavows what he terms the political extremes. He believes in "small government, big society",[4] and criticized the [statist](/source/Statist), [conservative](/source/Conservatism)[5] intellectual current of the [Chinese New Left](/source/Chinese_New_Left).[6]

## Selected works in English

- Xu, Jilin (2000). ["The Fate of an Enlightenment: Twenty Years in the Chinese Intellectual Sphere (1978–98)"](http://www.eastasianhistory.org/sites/default/files/article-content/20/EAH20_06.pdf) (PDF). *East Asian History* (20). Translated by Barmé, Geremie R.; Davies, Gloria: 169–186.

- ——— (2004). ["What Future for Public Intellectuals?: The specialisation of knowledge, the commercialisation of culture and the emergence of post-modernism characterise China in the 1990s"](https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/799). *China Perspectives* (52). Translated by Black, Michael: 18–30.

- ——— (2012). "Social Darwinism in modern China". *Journal of Modern Chinese History*. **6** (2): 182–197. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/17535654.2012.718605](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F17535654.2012.718605).

- ——— (2018). [*Rethinking China's Rise: A Liberal Critique*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6-RfDwAAQBAJ). Translated by Ownby, David. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1108470759](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1108470759).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["许纪霖"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190730032732/https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/s/1475/t/16942/main.jspy). *East China Normal University* (in Chinese). Archived from [the original](https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/s/1475/t/16942/main.jspy) on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) ["许纪霖_学术_专栏作者_天益思想库"](https://www.aisixiang.com/thinktank/xujilin.html). *www.aisixiang.com*. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Xu Jilin"](https://harvard-yenching.org/scholars/xu-jilin). *Harvard-Yenching Institute*. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ChinaStory_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ChinaStory_4-1) ["Xu Jilin 许纪霖"](https://www.thechinastory.org/key-intellectual/xu-jilin-许纪霖/). *The China Story*. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** 許紀霖 (2011-01-01). ["近十年來中國國家主義思潮之批判"](https://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh?DocID=a0000477-201101-201110180011-201110180011-83-120). *思想* (in Chinese (Taiwan)) (18). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.29848/SX.201101.0004](https://doi.org/10.29848%2FSX.201101.0004).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Davis, Edward L., ed. (2005). ["Xu Jilin"](https://books.google.com/books?id=2rLBvrlKI7QC&pg=PA951). *Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture*. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 951–3. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780415777162](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415777162).

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