The process of the occurrence and development of human society.
History: the study of material changes, referred to as history.
Corresponding to the concept of history, history can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense.
History in a broad sense: all the sciences in the world can be called history.
("We only know a unique science, that is, the history science.
"-Marx and Engels)
History in a narrow sense: a study of the development process of past movements in human society.
Historical science:
Usually, we call Marxist historiography historical science, because it is guided by the scientific theory of historical materialism. Fundamentally speaking, many previous historiography did not go beyond the scope of historical idealism.
The relationship between history and historiography;
History is an objective fact and there is only one truth.
However, the knowledge of recording and studying history often changes, develops and perfects with people's subjective consciousness, and even distorts and fabricates it.
Because of this, Hu said, "History is like a little girl. You can dress up as you like.
"The word" history "here, strictly speaking, should be the narrow sense of history.
Therefore, excellent historians in ancient China paid special attention to "honesty"-"good and evil must be remembered" and "analysis of the truth", which, in layman's terms, means recording facts fairly and objectively and analyzing and judging.
The origin of a word
In ancient China, the word "history" refers to historians.
The seal script is written as ""(see photo), and Xu Shen said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "History books are also recorded.
From persistence.
Yes, it is. "
The word "history" appeared in the late Qing Dynasty.
Both "History" in English and "history" in French come from the Greek word "Histria", which means "ask and know".