Reading Qian Mu's How to Study Chinese Historical Figures

First of all, in terms of the purpose of research, Mr. Qian Mu said: "The main purpose, or the main function, of our study of history is to hope that people can become a historical figure.

A historical figure is more important than a specialized historian"; "If you want to study historical figures, you must first have the will that 'they are human beings, and I am also human beings, and those who have something to do with it are also like that'.

If there is no such will, then the ancients are the ancients, history is history, and I am good not involved, and always research is not so.

Simply put, Mr. Qian Mu believes that the study of historical figures is to learn from these historical figures (of course, the historical figures of the ages), to learn from the wise, to enhance the realm, and eventually become a historical figure.

Secondly, in terms of research choices, it is not appropriate to favor successful heroes, but to highlight the great performance of those who have nothing to show.

Mr. Qian Mu pointed out: "When we know that the success or failure of each person, depending on their 'will' 'industry'.

But karma is external, outside of my body, we are difficult to be sure to karma will be successful.

The will, on the other hand, is internal, only in my heart, and can be grasped with the power of my own mind.

Therefore, for every person, and do not ask about his career, but first look at his will.

This kind of trade-off, there are two reasons: First, "only with the cause to bake to reflect a character, the character of the true full of the depths of the character, it will never be able to show.

Life in the world of decay and chaos, more nothing to show, this person is beyond the cause of the outside, as if the history of the turn of his body, but he is in the cause of the outside of the performance of his own, his performance, knowledge *** naked performance of a person.

That kind of *** nakedly just a person's performance, is more complete, greater, more valuable on, more in history can cause a big role and big impact.

Second, no performance of the person, "in terms of its cause, and certainly not enough to be recorded in history.

But behind its non-performance, there is a person in the outstanding, which is a great performance", "Chinese history can go through such a great disaster and chaos, but still continuous, hidden in the domination of this history to maintain the lifeblood of the person who is in these unsuccessful and unsuccessful and non-performance of the characters.

"Suddenly remembered my mentor, Mr. Zhang Xinmin, guided me to study Zou Yuanbiao said: "You study Zou Yuanbiao, as Zhuang Zhou dreaming of butterflies - 'I do not know that Zhou's dream of butterflies and? Butterfly dream of Zhou and? The first thing you need to do is to study the person of Zou Yuanbiao.