Ten advantages of learning history

1, exposure to more knowledge is conducive to broadening knowledge and cultivating compound talents.

The history department seems to be an "old paper pile" department, but in essence it is an interdisciplinary "all-round" department, which not only learns the knowledge of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, but also contacts with various theories of various social sciences. A major feature of history discipline is its rich and complex content, which leads to a certain aspect of knowledge is not detailed, but the known field is larger. For example, although students in history department don't know as much about writers and literary works as those in literature department, they need to know more than students in other disciplines. Although the students of history department don't know the law of economic operation, they certainly know the concepts of mercantilism, Keynesianism, planned economy and market economy. The study of world history enables students to understand the history and national conditions of various countries, the relations between countries and international politics. You can look at the direction of the history department, including national history (including American history, British history, Soviet history, Japanese history, etc. ), dynastic history (including pre-Qin history, Qin and Han history, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties history, Sui and Tang history, Song, Liao, Jin history, Yuan history, Ming history, Qing history, Republic of China history, China people history, national history) and thematic history (including political history) Although these courses can't all be offered, at least it can be said that the content of history learning is very extensive.

This is the characteristic of history discipline. As long as we can give full play to our subjective initiative, we can make it an advantage. An excellent history student has traveled many subjects unconsciously and gained more extensive knowledge than other students. At the same time, the expansion of knowledge is conducive to the cultivation of compound talents.

2. The advantages of comprehensive disciplines are conducive to cultivating "fast learning ability".

Our university education major is too divided. Law is law, philosophy is philosophy, Chinese is Chinese, and other science and engineering disciplines are even more sophisticated. However, the history department is not. China has been "separating literature from history" since ancient times, which is actually "separating literature from history and philosophy". History books include history, Chinese, philosophy and even various other subjects. For example, university majors have political science, and history has "special topics on political system history"; The major of the university is economics, and the history is "Special Topics of China Ancient Economic History". The major of the university is diplomacy, and the history includes "Special Topics on the History of Sino-foreign Relations" and "New China Diplomacy". University majors have international relations, and there is a history of post-war international relations in history. The analysis of specific problems in history cannot be separated from theoretical achievements such as folklore, cultural anthropology and sociology. The research of other disciplines can also be traced back to the historical development of this discipline, as well as the historical conditions and specific background in the process of development. Economics is an outstanding research of contemporary social science, but it is also a historical science, because we must study objective economic laws in the historical process.

Modern society is a rapidly developing "knowledge explosion" society, and all kinds of new knowledge are growing rapidly. The knowledge learned in the university may not be used in the work, or it may have been eliminated long ago, so the most needed ability is the "ability to learn quickly". What kind of knowledge is needed can be immediately possessed and applied through a few days of study. And an excellent history student, an undergraduate who has not only drilled in one field (in fact, it is impossible to drill in one field at the undergraduate level) can have this ability.

3. Cultivating the concept of grand history is conducive to the formation of calm quality and macro-strategic thinking.

It can be said that history is a subject that is studied and studied on a large time scale except astronomy, which lasts for decades, hundreds or even thousands of years. The study of history can make people accustomed to thinking about events and problems for decades, hundreds of years and thousands of years. People have nothing to say in their short life, which makes them better at deciding their current behavior from the perspective of long-term interests, so they have a strong strategic mind.

In addition, the study of history can make students get used to the success or failure of history, and it is also conducive to the formation of the quality of calmly looking at things and doing things. A calm attitude can make people understand and analyze. As Spinoza said, the task of history lies in "understanding, not making people sad." Bacon once said, "Reading history makes people wise."

Of course, we should also see that a society needs this kind of strategic thinking, as well as economic thinking that is good at calculation and pays attention to immediate interests.

4. Training "historical perspective" is conducive to cultivating meticulous observation and meticulous and bold reasoning ability.

The basic requirement of history discipline is to discuss from the perspective of history and say a word with materials. Therefore, historical research tends to be more meticulous and cautious in the use of historical materials, emphasizing repeated multi-angle textual research on historical materials. As far as the well-known "double evidence law" proposed by Mr. Wang Guowei is concerned. This is conducive to cultivating the rigorous attitude of history students.

It is not enough to have a careful attitude, because what our predecessors left us is only fragments of history, so we need bold assumptions and strong reasoning ability, just like the methodology advocated by Mr. Hu Shi, which is "bold assumptions and careful verification".

In addition, long-term textual research on historical materials is conducive to cultivating our meticulous observation, because many ordinary things or things in our lives may become historical materials for studying the present in a few years. Long-term academic training can make students look at things and things with a "historical perspective", so they can cultivate meticulous observation.

5. The cultivation of humanistic spirit is not only conducive to improving "IQ", but also to improving "EQ".

In the final analysis, history is a humanities subject, a subject that studies "human nature". Although history seems to lack various theories, it is full of various cases (of course, the new historiography began to adopt the achievements of various social sciences). As far as China's traditional historiography is concerned, "cases are like textbooks" is typical, such as the naming of Zi Tong Zhi Jian itself.

Although theoretical learning is popular in modern society, it is an advantage in the speed of communication, but it has great limitations: first of all, it is difficult to quantify and model human nature, and whether human nature can be theorized is itself a problem. Secondly, theories often abstract complex people and things into simple models of ideal state, but when people really practice, irrational emotions are involved. This is the reason why stock experts can't become stock experts. Intuition and courage also play a role when buying stocks. The study of the third theory is conducive to improving people's rational thinking, but it is not conducive to cultivating people's irrational emotions, which is what we usually call emotional intelligence. "Reason is only the tip of the iceberg of human emotions." Many studies have shown that emotional intelligence plays a more important role than IQ in people's success factors. Case study restores "historical scene" through description, and its relative advantage lies in its ability to accept the influence of irrational factors.

6. The comparative advantages brought by the social transformation of knowledge economy to history students.

Modern society is a rapidly developing "knowledge explosion" society, and all kinds of new knowledge are growing rapidly. Although the term "knowledge economy" is still controversial in academic circles, no one can deny the importance of knowledge. It can be said that knowledge has become the most important factor of production, just like the land in agricultural society and the capital in industrial society. The importance of knowledge makes it very urgent for enterprises to manage knowledge. Real large enterprises are managed by relevant departments, and the goal of knowledge management is: "individual knowledge is organized, tacit knowledge is externalized, external knowledge is internalized, and organizational knowledge is productized." Talents need to flow, but knowledge needs to be retained. The establishment of knowledge management system is very necessary for the rapid development of enterprises. Of course, this has been standardized in developed countries, but China can be said to have just started and is under construction. Knowledge management also contributes to the construction of corporate culture and increases employees' sense of identity and belonging.

Secondly, we can see the beginning of the training industry in China. The general understanding in the industry is that the training industry in China is developing rapidly, but the status quo is mixed. It needs to be reshuffled through large-scale closure and merger, so that the training industry can really develop. Relevant research also shows that enterprises can bring 7% revenue by investing 1% financial resources in employee training. Students with historical background can have advantages in training, especially in the continuous recognition of corporate culture and the continuous revision of employees' working attitude. Some large enterprises are also establishing enterprise universities, such as Ping An Group in the financial field. Enterprise universities can not only improve the skills of employees, but also enable employees to constantly identify with corporate culture and maintain a correct working attitude. They should also create cultural consumption to make employees feel happy, which is the advantage of history students. It can be said that Lecture Room is a typical cultural consumption, and many of its programs have historical backgrounds.

Moreover, large enterprises also need talents with historical background: multinational companies need to have a deep understanding of local national conditions and cultural habits in China; An enterprise is like a country. If it really wants to go far, it needs not only the existence and support of technicians and managers, but also some people who look up at the stars and pay attention to them. Although there are not many such people, they are indispensable. In order to improve management efficiency, enterprises should not only take management and economy as the leading factors, but also take humanities, history, philosophy and humanities as supplements. They should have not only technical management, but also humanistic management. Only people-oriented management can give employees ultimate care and realistic care. These factors require people with historical background to exist in enterprises, especially large enterprises.