Study On Mr. Bai-Shouyi's Contribution To The Inheritance And The Development Of Excellent Historical Tradition In The Ancient Times Of China

Mr. Bai-Shouyi is a famous contemporary Marxist historian, educator and socialist in China. He pays more attention to the clear-up and researches in the excellent Chinese historical heritage and historical tradition. He also reflects these fruits in his edited several-volumed books such as The Chinese General History and Historiography in Chinese, in his related personal works and thesis like The Collected Works of Historiography in Chinese and The Collected History Works of Bai Shouyi,etc.Mr. Bai-Shouyi first put forward"the proposition of historical heritage"and divided into 7aspects including the heritage of the basic ideas in history ,the heritage of historical data, the heritage of historical compilation and the historical cultural heritage. He also summarized a complete series of systematic theory and method in studying historical heritage. What's more important is that Mr. Bai-Shouyi also pays more attention to the historical heritage, especially the cream of the historical heritage such as the tradition of"the concept of practical knowledge of managing state affairs"in history. He pays more attention to"the good tradition of compilation of general history"and historian's recuperation . He pays more attention to the inheritance and the development of excellent historical tradition such as the expression of characters and the writing of national history. He gradually set up his own "the concept of practical knowledge of managing state affairs"in Marxist history and his up-dated theory of historical innovation. And what makes it possible for Mr. Bai to form his own distinct academic discipline and style of writing at last is his outstanding intellectual and spiritual capacity in"liberal arts education",his rich historical and cultural idea and his distinct Marxist national historical theory .