Chapter 167: Setting off the Fever of History (4/5)
As Lin Xiao's live broadcast of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" became more and more popular, in fact, why do so many people buy clicks, buy box office and the like, in order to create an illusion that this work is very popular, very hot, and very popular.
Because people have a herd mentality, fortunately, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is originally a book for the public, and it can even be said that the vernacular writing of ruffians like "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is originally so that basically anyone who understands Mandarin can understand it.
And with the rise in popularity of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it gradually began to set off a fever of Ming history.
There are even many people who say that they went back to check the history book and found that there were almost no loopholes, which can be regarded as a history book.
On the Tiger Cat live broadcast platform, it is natural that the advertising banner of Lin Xiao's live broadcast room hangs on the homepage.
The name of Lin Xiao and the name of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" can be said to be in the limelight for a while.
Of course, there are more people who are popular, although some of them are written, what is written in it, what is written by people as soon as it comes out, as if it is born to pull hatred, but in fact?
In reality, what successful work is not accompanied by countless controversies?
If you are not well-known, no one will be blushing, but once you succeed with something, then naturally some people like it, and some people will not like it.
What's more, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is not really flawless.
Lin Xiao's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" set off a fever in Ming history, and Weibo topics, search indexes, and things about Ming history have increased many times.
The people who like it almost didn't hold Lin Xiao up to the sky, which will naturally cause some people's eyes to be red or unhappy.
Especially with the word of mouth of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the topic is hot.
The topic of discussion is no longer limited to whether "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is interesting or not, and whether the story is vivid, but has begun to turn to a larger direction.
Like, historiography!
Some younger historians felt that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was refreshing to them, and suddenly realized that history could still be written like this.
They believe that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has opened up a new line of thought for the contemporary historiography and is a very representative innovation.
However, more old scholars in the field of historiography are very dissatisfied with "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
In their view, what is history? History is very serious, serious, and rigorous, and where can Lin Xiao act as wantonly as recklessly.
As a result, the two sides were divided into two factions, saying that the historiography should also keep pace with the times, and they believed that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" just showed that history can be written lively, even if it is a professional study, it does not have to be boring.
This kind of translation and interpretation of history in a more witty language, so that the public can understand and listen to it, is something that rigorous, traditional, and serious history books cannot do.
On the other hand, history is history, and it should be rigorous and serious.
They believe that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is just a small part of the material pulled from the history books for subjective assumptions, and even directly on the content of the original history books, after translation, and then carry private goods, this is not the attitude of history at all, if that is the case, everyone can be called a historian.
For a while, all kinds of immortals, either purely with a corrective academic atmosphere, or with other plans, all appeared on the stage.
Newspapers, online media, and even TV stations began to report the views of both sides.
Starting from "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it is said that which is better, which is correct, "ruffian talking about history" and "talking about history".
On the contrary, Lin Xiao, the initiator, has become a little transparent.
As the controversy became more and more popular, academics, critics, celebrities, etc., who participated in it, for a while, actually promoted the historical fever again.
Originally, people from all sides came and went, and everyone debated with each other, but Lin Xiao himself was not involved, and Lin Xiao was happy and pure.
However, he wants to be pure and let others comment on it, but others don't think so, as the initiator, can you escape?
Feng Zhiyuan, a professor of history at Western Zhou University, wrote a commentary on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and the current "ruffian history" fever.
Recently, because a singer and a non-historical academic scholar talked about the history of the Ming Dynasty on the Internet.
In ancient times, the ruler of history was a historian, and history could not be compiled by anyone, a singer, just sing your song well, and run to talk about history, there are still so many people who seek after him, thinking that he has set out a new direction for the academic community of history.
In my opinion, the reason why such an absurd thing happened is a portrayal of the world.
In today's era, everyone is impetuous, fast food is everywhere, and Lin Xiao is not the first person to open history, nor will he be the last.
It's just that I didn't expect that even many young people in today's academic circles have begun to be impetuous, speeding up their pace everywhere and driving the express train of history, which is problematic for the study of history and needs to be resolutely resisted!
How did the current heated discussion of the history of the Ming Dynasty come about?
Why did "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" cause such a big social upsurge, and what is its essence?
I think it's just four words: "ruffians talk about history".
The original serious and boring history is narrated in the language of ruffians, and then strong personal feelings are added to cater to the most popular mentality...... This is the reason why "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" will be popular.
However, academic works themselves must be rigorous, objective, and defensible, which is the attitude of academic research!
Yes, many people say that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" still respects the basic historical facts, but in fact?
He just spread out a few Ming histories and various other historical materials, read a paragraph, and then translated them into the style of "ruffians talking about history", shaking off a few burdens, adding a little personal subjective assumptions, and entrusting a little private goods, to amuse all the officials, at best, he (Lin Xiao) is just a translator of history.
But why should a good history be talked about?
Which real historian is not serious, objective, and cautious about the words in every history book, and then look at "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", first of all, the language is very unreliable, very unserious, very subjective, it can be said that Lin Xiao made an extremely bad start, but "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" became popular because of this.
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" will be popular, and the ruffian will say that history will be evaluated by some people as a new direction in historical academia, and this phenomenon reflects the impetuosity of the entire era.
It's a pity that people's hearts are impetuous, the world is declining, and there are fewer and fewer people who sit down and do something real, although there are objective reasons for this, but he (Lin Xiao) is also to blame.
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Lin Xiao didn't expect that because of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", someone would be so online, and he actually said that he had made a very bad start, and even rose to the point where it was difficult to escape the blame.
When Lin Xiao saw this article, he had only one thought, that is, MMP, there is a sentence I don't know if to say.