On Gong Shuduo's Research On Modern Chinese Cultural History

Gong Shuduo(1929-2011)is a famous historian.He has made great academic achievements in the field of modern Chinese cultural history,and has made important pioneering contributions to the construction and development of modern Chinese cultural history in the new period.Starting from Gong Shuduo's academic career,Gong Shuduo's historical contribution to Chinese modern cultural history and the research methods and characteristics embodied in the research process of Chinese modern cultural history,it is of great significance and value to discuss Gong Shuduo's research on Chinese modern cultural history.From Gong Shuduo's academic career,Gong Shuduo is mainly devoted to the study of Chinese modern history,especially Chinese modern cultural history.Before the reform and opening up,Gong Shuduo was mainly engaged in the teaching and research of Chinese modern history,and participated in editing books such as "General History of China reference material "," Modern History of China "," General History of China" and so on.In the 1980 s and 1990 s,he mainly engaged in the study of modern Chinese cultural history,which played a pioneering and expanding role in the development of modern Chinese cultural history in the new era.At the beginning of the 21 st century,he turned the focus of academic research to academic history,focusing on the history of Neo-Confucianism in Qing Dynasty.At the same time,he further deepened the study of modern Chinese cultural history.Gong Shuduo has an important historical contribution in the field of modern Chinese cultural history.Gong Shuduo made a macroscopic discussion on the subject theory of modern Chinese cultural history,focusing on the evaluation of the New Culture Movement of Wuxu,the Revolution of 1911 and Culture,and the May 4th New Culture Movement,and made a preliminary exploration on the research mode of modern Chinese cultural history.Gong Shuduo's preliminary exploration of Chinese modern culture has solved a series of important problems in the study of Chinese modern cultural history and played a pioneering role in the study of Chinese modern cultural history in the new period.Gong Shuduo studied the relationship between Chinese and Western culture,the transformation of modern culture,Neo-Confucianism of Qing Dynasty,to further expand and deep the study of modern cultural history.Gong Shuduo mainly discusses the relationship between Chinese and Western cultures by studying the spread of Western culture in China,the changes of traditional culture under the influence of Western culture,the integration of Chinese and Western cultures,and how to treat Chinese and Western cultures.He put the transformation of modern culture in the study of social change,strengthened the interactive research between culture and society,to broaden the research field of modern culture.And he organized a team to summarize the history of Neo-Confucianism in Qing Dynasty,filling in the Neo-Confucianism in Qing Dynasty history research blank.From the historical achievements of Gong Shuduo's modern cultural history,we can see Gong Shuduo's academic methods and characteristics.In terms of academic methods,Gong Shuduo insists on guiding historical research with historical materialism,opposes cultural determinism and historical nihilism,and attaches importance to both macro research and micro research.In the characteristics of learning,Gong Shuduo is rigorous and innovative.He pays attention to reality and advocates learning to use.Gong Shuduo is a Marxist historian and a pioneer in the study of modern cultural history in the new era.