Historiography offers an in-depth understanding of "doing History". This course explores the most important thinkers and historians on Chinese historical writing and inquiry since the pre-Qin period. It examines ideas that have had a major impact on the writing of Chinese history. It also emphasises the relationship among politics, intellectural thought, culture, and historical writing in the official and non-official sectors. Furthermore, the compilation and structure of official histories, classification of historical texts, reliability of historical records, differences between official and public histories etc. will be discussed.