Marx's German Ideology: We only know a unique science-history.
Engels: We never expected to doubt or despise the "historical revelation". History is everything to us.
Premier Zhou put it well: "History is to a country and a nation what memory is to an individual. If a person loses his memory, he will become an idiot. If a nation forgets history, it will become an ignorant nation. It is impossible for an ignorant nation to build socialism. "
I think we can look at it from two angles: from the perspective of the role of history, there are two main points: 1. Take history as a mirror to guide the future, 2. Enhance national self-esteem and self-confidence; From the perspective of the beneficiaries of history, it can be divided into micro and macro levels, one is the role of history on individuals and enterprises, and the other is the role of history on the country.
Let's learn from history and guide the future. From the most utilitarian point of view, students study to earn more money in the future, which should be the most pragmatic, so what do they study? Isn't the family history of Ford and Bill Gates a classic case of marketing, human resource management and other courses? It is important for people to learn from daily life, but if someone can preserve, sort out and refine it and then spread the essence to the whole world, the effect will be greatly improved. History is actually the experience and lessons of predecessors. If it is handled well and used by us, no matter individuals, enterprises or countries, it will certainly benefit endlessly. For example, Zeng Guofan, you said he was a bad guy, but he said he was a good guy. What's the point? He is not my neighbor, and he will not give me money or shave my head. It doesn't matter whether he is a good person or a bad person. The key is to see where his words and deeds are good and bad. Why say yes, why not? What is worth learning and learning from? Get rid of its dross and take its essence. This is the purpose of our research.
Besides, enhance national self-esteem and self-confidence. Personally, we should not simply be proud that we were born in China. Because people are actually equal, China has a splendid history of thousands of years, which was created by our ancestors. It doesn't mean that our generation is from China, so we are superior to others, and it doesn't mean that we are smarter and more capable than others. Learning our history is by no means for us to show off to others. But we also have something to be proud of. We should be proud of our hardworking and intelligent ancestors and have the confidence to create a more brilliant tomorrow for ourselves. Be proud of our country and love it from the bottom of your heart. In addition, from the strategic perspective of the survival and development of the whole country, we study history to understand our neighbors and the world we live in.
History itself is true and an objective fact. German philosopher Vendel Ban said, "Man is an animal with history";
Personally, I think history is a means to teach people life. History is knowledge of the past. Therefore, in the civilized era, the wise should learn history, and they can't be wise without learning history; A saint wants to learn history, but he can't be a saint without learning history.
The philosophy of the Three Buddhas in Buddhism is to see the world with three pairs of eyes ―― past, present and future. This is the thinking of a wise man, and it is also the thinking of a wise man.
What needs to be pointed out here is that history is essentially different from other technical natural disciplines. In daily teaching, we will find that teaching students to understand history will not lead them to make full use of past knowledge. The most important thing for history teachers to teach students is to respect facts and pursue an objective attitude! I don't think historians can face the future better than scholars in other disciplines, because there are many things that determine the future.
What I want to say is that history is the value of non-technology!
What I am emphasizing is that a person with historical knowledge has more status than a person without historical knowledge!