On Qi Shirong's World History Research

Qi Shirong(1926-2015),a famous world historian and educator,was one of the pioneers and leaders in the development of world history in China.He studied diligently,engaged in world history related teaching and research work for many years,and wrote a lot of books.Qi Shirong grew up in a wealthy family,read a lot of books,studied at Yenching University and Tsinghua University,chose history as the main direction of study.His academic career can be roughly divided into three parts.His early study and work experience is the stage of his academic enlightenment and precipitation.No matter teaching or translating books,he had made steady progress in every step.After the reform and opening up,he ushered in the rapid development of his academic work.He focused on the discussion of practical problems,and put the emphasis on the history of modern international relations,the compilation of general history and other research work.The coming of the new century prompted him to extend his academic scope.In addition to compiling the new edition of world history textbooks and middle school history textbooks,the general science books he edited also had a wide and profound influence in the field of world history.As a Marxist scientist.Qi Shirong attached great importance to the unity of scientificity and practicality of historiography,and did not forget the concern of reality on the premise of insisting on academicality.In the face of the defects of postmodernism in the field of historiography,he advocated to maintain the grand pattern of historical research,and dialectically analyzed the academic significance of "micro historiography".On the way of constructing the discipline system of world history with Chinese characteristics,Qi Shirong made many in-depth studies and gave full academic thinking.In his research work,he conscientiously studied historical materials,always maintained the original aspiration of a Chinese historian,insisted on studying world history from the perspective of a Chinese historian,and never forgot to advise the younger generation of world history to be a "generalist" who knows both chinese history and western history.At a time when the discipline of world history in our country is in ruins,Qi Shirong focused on the young discipline of modern international relations,,he expanded its research scope to the interrelationships of economic and cultural.It changed the situation that the history of international relations was taken as the study of diplomatic history.In addition to compiling textbooks,Qi Shirong also issued many papers pointing out the problems in teaching.He was not only a Marxist scholar who focuses on academic research,but also a conscientious and responsible teacher of the people.In terms of historical exchanges at home and abroad,Qi Shirong worked hard to attend and hold conferences,which enabled scholars to exchange ideas and broaden their horizons,and promoted the academic exchanges and development of China’s world history.