Magnificent Generalist Scholar

Zhao Lisheng is a famous modern scholar in China.He devoted himself to the revolution in his early years and engaged in academic research later.During his life,he has been involved in many academic fields such as literary translation,historical research,philosophy and logic.In the field of historiography,Zhao Lisheng opened up three fields of historiography research—the history of Chinese peasant uprising,the history of Chinese land system and intellectual history.Throughout his life,Zhao Lisheng changed his research field many times.This is not only due to the times and the situation,but also has an inseparable connection with his distinctive temperament and unique personality.In the academic world,Zhao Lisheng can be said to be a very individual scholar,and was once known as "Yang Xiaolou in the historical academia"."Zhao Lisheng's Anthology" and other academic achievements published by Zhao Lisheng,as well as related discussions by other scholars,all reflect Zhao Lisheng's distinctive personality.As a liberal,humanistic and idealistic scholar,his style of academic research is inextricably linked to his own character.The dissipated encounters and free interest have influenced his variable research path;his passion for Marxism and his grand temperament made him disdain trivial textual studies;as a general scholar who is good at literature and history,coupled with deep family knowledge,his academic research is rigorous and literary,and his articles are extremely readable.It is Zhao Lisheng's natural freedom,caring for the overall situation,and his far-reaching personality that make his academic research look different.Further exploration of the connection between Zhao Lisheng's academic and temperament can enable us to have a better understanding of Zhao Lisheng's and his scholarship,and provide a new explanation for the characteristics of Zhao Lisheng's academic research.Through the analysis of Zhao Lisheng's academic and character,it is not difficult to see that as a general scholar,Zhao Lisheng has not obtained the corresponding academic status and evaluation for a long time.This is closely related to the westernization of the academic evaluation system and standards in the 20th century.Taking Zhao Lisheng as a typical scholar who is happy to learn,it can provide us with some clues for thinking and discussion in terms of academic evaluation systems and scholar training methods.