In history, many people pay attention to the stories of dynasties and princes and generals, to see how they can speak eloquently, think far, and achieve fame.
History, as a general discipline, allows us to understand the development of human society and civilization in the world and in the span of thousands of years, so as to help us broaden our horizons and increase our insights, and through reading, reflecting and summarizing history, we can enhance our own humanistic qualities and strengthen our own spiritual and cultural strength.
Therefore, history allows us to look at and compare the successes and failures of various historical stages, historical events and historical figures in a larger time and space dimension, so that we can discover and understand the key factors affecting the direction of history, which is a good cultivation for our abstract thinking ability, logical thinking ability, and reading, writing and communication ability.
First, why study history?
1. Understand what human beings have really experienced in the past: how each dynasty was established and developed, what kind of ending, and what social and civilization progress there were;
We know that China began with the Xia Dynasty, but what many people don't know is that the true existence of the Xia Dynasty is actually questionable in the world, because in archaeology and philology, there is a lack of sufficient and powerful evidence of its existence, which may only be a culture that evolves towards the dynasty, while the Shang Dynasty has sufficient archaeological and documentary evidence, including the excavated oracle bones and the writing on the bronzes, which prove the existence of the Shang Dynasty as a powerful country and dynasty.
Therefore, many so-called historical facts are not so certain, and people's understanding and the real historical truth may be very far apart, and the doorway is that there is no scientific and objective method and attitude to observe and understand history, and we cannot look at the face of history, we must examine the truth of history from many angles, we cannot follow the clouds, and we cannot entertain history as a novel.
2. See what experiences and lessons mankind have in history, and how they should learn from them in the future;
The development of the political structure in Chinese history has often oscillated back and forth between the feudal system and the county system, the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty led to years of war and chaos in the Spring and Autumn Warring States, while the county system of the Han Dynasty strengthened the ability to centralize power, but also provided convenience for the usurpation of the throne by the Nengchen, from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty to Cao Cao's coercion of tianzi to order the princes, until the Qing Dynasty was forced to abdicate the throne by Yuan Shikai. The separation of powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) in the modern West and the political consultation between the two sessions of the Chinese People's Congress (the People's Congress and the Political Consultative Conference) have provided stability for social development with more advanced political structures.
3. Experience the different lives and emotions of historical figures, and what experiences and experiences they have;
Henry VIII of the Dodo dynasty of England was the most important monarch to change the political structure of Britain, during which the power of religion and nobility was suppressed, and a bureaucratic system with the power of the vassals was established, but Henry VIII's change had many accidental factors, otherwise to this day, England should still be a Catholic country, and it is even more difficult to say whether the United States will exist. And his life is a dramatic life with all kinds of powerful subjects, capable subjects, loyal subjects, as well as various postures and personalities of the queen, lady, constantly staged, and these people who are loyal to him, most of them will eventually die, and they are also a typical monarch who accompanies the king like a companion tiger, which is really lamentable, and all people's pursuit of power, wealth, and beauty will eventually disappear, and what is precipitated is the country, society, culture, and religion in an unconscious stride forward.
4. Exercise our core abilities as human beings in all aspects;
Reading history can exercise our own abstract thinking ability, and deeply understand and restore historical figures, historical events and historical laws through reading;
Reflecting on history can exercise our own logical thinking ability, such as: thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of historical figures in their human nature, how to affect their lives; thinking about political, economic, scientific and technological changes, how to affect the process of human civilization; thinking about what the formation of the country and nation will experience; what kind of role language, writing, ideology and culture play in history, and so on; and so on;
Seeing the contradictions in history can improve our ability to find problems and solve problems; in the reading of history, there are many things that can ask questions such as why, right or wrong, and then think and find answers;
How to study history?
1. To grasp the real history, it is important to choose the right books;
2. It is necessary to grasp the historical laws contained in history, understand what role various historical factors play in the development of human history, and establish a framework for historical analysis;
For example, national identity, geographical conditions, language and writing, ideology and culture, science and technology, social economy, political structure, etc., these factors affect history, which are internal and external factors, which are favorable and unfavorable factors, through a four-dimensional analysis structure, to analyze the various historical analysis objects, so that objective and scientific conclusions can be drawn;
3. Read, analyze and compare history a lot, and get more specific and valuable experiences and experiences through writing;
For example, what are the similarities and differences between the history of China and the West, what is the difference between a good political structure and a bad political structure, and how various cultures are formed, influenced and solidified into people's lives; these problems will flash out in our reading, and to record, abstract, think, write, and discuss, it will make our understanding of history more profound, and also improve our ability to think logically and use language.
More importantly, it is necessary to combine history and reality to think, combine historical figures with themselves, and obtain experiences and experiences that are beneficial to themselves;
Above, we discussed why you should study history and how to learn history, the family's words, there are inevitably mistakes and omissions, I hope to inspire you to study history.