One is to look at history from the perspective of later generations-another era, another social form, another way of life, and then sort out the personnel of that historical era-politics, economy, society, education, military, literature, art and so on. And comment, praise or ridicule it from different angles. Although this kind of research is objective criticism, it is always subjective prejudice, but it cannot be said that it is not history.
The second is to learn from historical personnel activities, learn from the experience of the ancients as a person and a temporary worker as their own reference, and even imitate and imitate. Since the Song Dynasty, China's most famous historical masterpiece is "Learning from the Same Experience" written by Mr. Sima Guang. As the name implies, Mr. Sima rewrote the direction of this history book, focusing on "The Emperor-A One-page Guide and Leading Organs" as a compulsory reference book for political education. The so-called "capital" means a modest and polite word. Capital means funding-helping. Governance is politics. Taken together, it is a kind of historical experience, using the information of the success or failure of ancient history to help you embark on virtuous politics and clear politics. So, when talking and laughing with friends, what's your favorite book to read? Do you want to be a good emperor or an indomitable minister and famous minister? Of course, jokes are jokes. As a matter of fact, The Lessons Learned from Mutual Learning is such a history book.
I talked about my historical experience in the spring and summer of 1975. By chance and on a whim, I had a casual chat with ordinary interested friends in Lu Heng, without any purpose or order. We don't discuss history from an academic standpoint, let alone study. It is equal to three villages in the ancient agricultural society, poor old pedants, who started to talk about novels such as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The List of Immortals under the shelf of melon shed beans, in order to gain the understanding of the public. Unexpectedly, it aroused the interest of many readers and prompted the old ancient culture publishing company to collect some published speeches, sort them out and print them. Instead, I feel guilty that I cheated the world and stole my name. Therefore, it is associated with a poem by Gu Zuyu: "The heavy pupil account is well known, and Long Qingjun is also rampant. It is wrong to travel in Tibet for half a life. How can we talk about the soldiers on the altar? " I will confess.
1985, Duanyang nan huaijin said.