As far as I can remember, at least in the sixties and seventies, the mainstream always emphasized that history should serve politics, but after the eighties, it did the opposite and thought that history should not serve politics. But from my social experience and reading experience, I gradually realized that the relationship between history and politics is too close. I have changed from hating history to serving politics, although history is not just serving politics.
Recently, I bought a batch of academic works of the Republic of China online, but I made a mistake when I bought Liang Qichao's China Historical Research Law, and bought a Supplement to China Historical Research Law, which was also Liang Qichao's. I still feel very surprised and ashamed that I finished reading this book so late. I think even reading the catalogue can take a big step forward.
The book is divided into three parts: introduction, general introduction and sub-discussion, and there are chapters below, because a part is omitted as a supplement. There are three chapters and fourteen sections, the first chapter is the purpose of history, the second chapter is the four strengths of historians, and the third chapter is the introduction of five special histories. Liang said in the chapter "The Purpose of History": "What kind of knowledge is studied by public opinion must have a purpose. What is the purpose of history? In a word, the purpose of history is to give new meaning or new value to the true facts of the past for reference in modern people's activities. If there is no such purpose, then ... this is very unnecessary. "