Lu Simian s views are inconsistent with the academic community, Lu Simian s view of history

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Historian Lu Simian is a native of Changzhou, who has read history since he was a child, and has written a general history, which has been widely circulated. In the first chapter of "A Brief History of China", he talks about the definition and value of history.

First of all, he believes that history is a science, and what is the use of learning? Mr. did not go straight and gave two common sayings:

The first is that history is a lesson from the past, and it is used to learn from its gains and avoid its losses. Go backwards, and know the way you came. However, the husband disagreed, believing that his condition had changed and he still used the old prescription, which was not only ineffective, but also could worsen. For something completely new, if you follow the old way, it is doomed to failure.

Second, in view of the fact that history is written directly from facts, good things will be passed down for centuries, and bad things will be left for thousands of years, people will know that Xin (envy) and fear (fear). For this kind of historical orientation theory, Mr. Lu still disagrees, there are stupid people who don't know how to care about reputation, there are strong people who don't care about reputation at all, and the constraints are limited, and the truth of history is difficult to write directly, this benchmark is unreliable, don't use history as a tool to maintain social justice.

Returning to learning, Mr. believes that it includes learning and art. Learning is used to understand the truth, and art is used to deal with things. It is precisely because history seeks to understand the truth of society that in order to understand one thing, we must trace the past, and this is history.

Whether you know people, countries and societies, you all know why.

As for the criterion of historical chronicle, he believes that it is only necessary to remember the things that make society what it is now, not just special people and special things. Don't talk about heroes, politics and battles out of society.

He attacked the idea that the historical stage is unchanging, and that the actors (big shots) and the plot are constantly changing. When the situation is difficult, as long as there is a certain situation, you can take good measures. This is still an old prescription and a new disease!

He values society very much, thinking that it is alive, it is ordinary, and it is a collection of people from all over the place. Ordinary people cause weathering, and special people cause landslides, but landslides are only the natural result of weathering.

In the final analysis, Mr. defines history as, so the process of social evolution is also explained. In the study of history, we must pay attention to ordinary people and events, and we will understand the changes. This is where the value of history lies.

If you really want to talk about personal quality, you want us to listen to Mr. Lu's own "shoulder Zhao Yi, Yu Zhengxie, under Gu Yanwu", isn't it interesting like a big child? Mr. Lu's often telling the truth is recognized by later generations, in fact, it has a deep relationship with his living environment, but his remarks are indeed in line with contemporary cognition.

Many people put Mr. Lu Simian and Mr. Qian Mu together to make a comparison, and we can know that although the two are about the same age, Lu Simian is Qian Mu's teacher. Both of them have a history of governing the economy on the surface, but in terms of current Internet terms, the routines are different. Lü generally focuses on the macro perspective, and the history is also a general discussion, which we can see as a personal style, but when it comes to Sinology and Song Studies, it seems a bit empty.

To sum up a big vernacular, Lu Simian also loves to seek truth from facts.

However, Mr. Qian took the opposite kind of research, starting from the scriptures, gradually elaborating from words and phonology to politics, and finally leading to the evolution of cultural thought, which can be described as everyone's demeanor. Here I recommend to you Lu Lao's "History of the Qin and Han Dynasties", which can be said to be an introductory reading of history, and the analysis is more subjective. Therefore, in the eyes of later generations, Lu's subjective evaluation seemed to have class limitations, and he was not as good as the student Qian Mu in terms of academics.

Most people who know a little about history think that Lu is a master historian in modern times, but he has still received some criticism, for example, some people say that he is too villainous, and when he writes history, he does not wait to see positive figures such as Yue Fei, but he is extremely sure of negative figures in wild history such as Cao Cao. He is even more well-known for his criticism of Confucius's Confucian remarks.

In fact, as far as I am concerned, Mr. Lu is of course an authoritative figure in modern academia and has the demeanor of everyone, and his remarks are just like his own conclusion: "There is no standard for good and evil", yes, that person always has his own likes and preferences, and what is right and wrong.

As I understand itWhen Lu Simian was talking about reading, Jiangnan people who read other people's houses could read its catalog, take a look, and then read all the books once, first read the catalog, and then read, and get itTwice the result, half the effort。At the time, I was shocked that I couldn't see the graduate school level, and sometimes I looked it up and used reference books. Therefore, the skills of the old master are something that many people will not be able to see in the future.

He is a bit like Qian Mu, the study is a very traditional personThe influence in the West is relatively small. Research and modern historiography are completely different. Of course, Qian Mu went to Taiwan in Hong Kong, and then he did a lot of intellectual history, so he learned more about the country.

But Mr. Lu has had some changes in his lifestyle later on, and I think his life is so traditionalAs a historian, or as an intellectual, always influenced by the trend of the times, Mr. Lu's final change should be the change in the world he wants to deal with.

Although the years are old, it is also very difficult to maintain the pursuit of academics. Some of Luk's history is a painstaking work. My favorite is the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties.

There is a lot of detailed historical material that seems to be piled up, but there is an implicit point. If he was familiar with academic history, it is obvious that he would discuss it with other scholars as he wrote.

Therefore,Luk's book may seem boringBut it is also implicit, material, not implausible. So the academic community takes his book very seriously. The main thing, of course, is the material, the content is detailed, which makes a lot of convenience for those who want to study the history of this generation.