On Sunday night, the 4th, 5th, and 6th episodes of "A Brief Discussion on Western History" were recorded.

That night, when countless spectators entered the venue, all the light sticks, light signs, banners, colored balls, etc. in their hands were confiscated.

"Thank you for your cooperation!"

"Please understand that we are a serious cultural lecture program. ”

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The audience has finished entering, and today there are more celebrities in the cultural circle.

In addition to Professor Diao, who was present last time, Xiaoxiao also came to the scene to cheer, and scattered in the audience seats, there were some more teachers from Beijing University and even other schools.

There are also several well-known celebrities who also came to the scene, Liu Shishi also took the time to come over today, and weightlifting champion Zheng Qiu attended again......

Professor Diao said to his colleagues: "In the last episode, Li Fan talked about a theory of the Axial Age, which I think is very novel and worth studying, and this is also a new direction of historical research!"

"I think so too, so I went to the scene today to see what Li Fan was talking about. ”

Professor Diao said: "Then you won't be able to watch it directly on the spot, you can just watch the next episode at home." ”

"I'm thirsty for knowledge, haha, the key is that I'm afraid that the program team will edit the content of the lecture. ”

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Liu Shishi and Xiaoxiao sat next to each other, and Liu Shishi asked, "Is his theory reliable?"

"It should be reliable. ”

"Is it a blockbuster theory?"

Xiaoxiao thought for a while: "It should be." ”

Liu Shishi didn't understand, "What do you mean?!"

Xiaoxiao frowned, "If the historiography community pays attention to it, it will be a blockbuster theory, and if it is not paid attention to now, it will be a blockbuster theory in a few years." ”

Liu Shishi understands, to put it bluntly, it means that sooner or later it will be awesome?

Amid the audience's discussions, the stage curtain opened, and tonight's lecture began.

It is still soft and soothing music, it is still a young man in white, and it is still a scene atmosphere of applause.

Li Fan took the stage and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, welcome to today's lecture, we will continue to talk about Western history from the Axial Age.

As mentioned in the last issue, around the 5th century B.C., between 25° and 35°N, we humans suddenly entered a period of intellectual explosion.

During this period, in various civilizations, sages and sages suddenly appeared, and sages gathered, and it seemed that various civilizations had their own division of labor, Europe gave birth to developed natural sciences, Indians were keen on supernatural practices, and our sons and hundreds of schools of thought were thinking about the relationship between people and people.

During this period, countless sages jointly shaped the spiritual heritage of human civilization, and after more than 2,000 years, the development of our human thinking was built on this, and it was impossible to achieve cross-dimensional transcendence, I call this period the Axial Age!

But how did the Axial Age come about? Why did all of a sudden such a glorious era emerge in human history? Why did our human history never regain its glory?

Next, let's talk about the origins of the Axial Age, genealogy!"

On the big screen, a line of words was typed: [Axial Age Origins: Genealogy!]

Professor Diao in the audience silently picked up a pen and paper and took notes.

Several colleagues beside him said in their hearts, we are also teachers at Beijing University, and it is a little inappropriate to listen to students' lectures, and we also take student notes publicly.

A few people couldn't wipe off their face, they obviously forgot that this person on the stage was the pioneer of the new examination and learning!

Li Fan continued:

"We first talk about the Axial Age in terms of historical environmental changes, and the nature of the origin of civilization is the transition from a static state to a moving state.

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Li Fan made a brief analysis of the birth of the Axial Age from five aspects: the theory of historical environment change, the theory of personal cognitive development mode, and the theory of cultural dissemination.

Immediately afterwards, Li Fan went one step further and put forward the concept of civilization dynamics in the Axial Age.

From the proposal of the theory of the Axial Age to the two research directions of the Axial Age, Li Fan presented the broad framework of the theory of the Axial Age in the previous life to the audience.

However, because it is a brief discussion of Western history, this theory of the Axial Age does not occupy much space, and then, Li Fan will continue to tell you about Western history along the theory of the Axial Age.

The miraculous Archimedes, the awesome Julius Caesar, the famous Cleopatra, the miraculous vaults of the Pantheon...... Fresh and interesting Western history poured into the minds of the audience.

The historical sites and imaginary restoration maps that appeared on the big screen shocked the audience one after another.

Frankly speaking, Chinese people may not even learn much about their own history, let alone foreign history, and many viewers came to the scene today to have a good and interesting lesson in Western history.

However, several teachers from the academic circles present were full of Axial Age theories and were puzzled.

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At 11 o'clock in the evening, the 4th, 5th, and 6th episodes of the program were all recorded.

Li Fan bowed deeply to the audience, and the audience shouted one after another:

"It's so exciting, Li Fan!"

"I can't get enough of it!"

"Li Fan, you are really handsome!"

……

Li Fan left the Phoenix Mansion and returned to the dormitory, and after a good night's sleep, he continued his normal study and work the next day.

Life is still tight and fulfilling, studying, running activities and doing programs, over and over again, and life is not chaotic.

The experiments of the research group of Beijing Normal University are being intensified, and it will take time for Li Fan to "settle his grievances" and the theory of the Axial Age has just been put forward a few days ago, and it has not yet been discussed on a large scale.

Just when Li Fan felt that the passing year was unfavorable, Tuesday ushered in a huge turnaround.

The fourth issue of "A Brief Discussion on Western History" was broadcast, and the theory and research direction of the Axial Age were clearly expounded by Li Fan in this issue.

On the night the show ended, some news about the Axial Age theory spread on the Internet.

Many news editors have unfolded endless imaginations, casting a veil of mystery over the Axis Age:

Is the Emergence of the Axial Age God's Will or the Choice of History?"

The Awakening of Human Intelligence: The Axial Age!

Also, the shock department is also on the night shift tonight, and all kinds of shock words are flying all over the sky.

"Shocked, Li Fan put forward a new theory again!"

"Unbelievable, 19-year-old genius entered the world of historiography!"

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Netizens have discussed this:

"Axial Age, I don't understand it, but I just think it makes sense!"

"If Li Fan's new theory is reliable, then Li Fan is really powerful!"

"I really don't know if the axis theory is tenable, but I choose to believe Li Fan, who called him handsome?"

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At a time when this brand-new theory was still controversial among netizens, an authoritative figure in the historiography community finally began to take sides.

The next morning, Professor Diao published a Weibo post, publicly praising Li Fan: The theory of the Axial Age is novel and highly researchable, and the concept of genealogy and civilization dynamics has determined the preliminary research direction for the Axial Age.

When all of this came from the hands of one person, I couldn't help but sigh deeply, Li Fan, once again conquered me with his extraordinary intelligence and strong and meticulous academic thinking!

Diao Hongyan, a professor of history, officially kicked off the statements of experts in the field of history.

Professor Cui Zhigang of Renmin University posted on Weibo almost at the same time, with only one sentence: The Axial Age, a brand-new topic in the field of historiography!!

Famous scholar Cai Gao: I don't want to talk about how good the theory of the Axial Age is for the time being, I just want to say, why are you again? @李凡.

Xiaoxiao only posted a vague sentence on Weibo, but she was full of pride: It's my student again!

The proposal of the Axial Age theory is far more acceptable and affirmed by the academic community than the proposal of the psychological hypothesis.

Because, psychology is mysterious, and historiography has a history to rely on.

The theory and research direction of the Axial Age proposed by Li Fan are based on the history of objective existence, which is fundamentally different from psychological research.

The wide recognition of the historiography and the great interest in this research were also unexpected by Li Fan.

On Wednesday morning, he just got up, opened his mobile phone and saw Professor Diao Hongyan's Weibo, so he replied: Professor Diao, you have praised it!

Unexpectedly, Professor Diao replied almost instantly: It's just that your introduction to this theory in the lecture was not sufficient, can you continue to introduce your research in future programs?

Li Fan replied: There is a lot of content that needs to be talked about in the lecture, and this theory is too complicated to talk about, maybe, I will publish a book for this in the near future!

Get out of this book!

When these three words appeared on the screens of netizens' mobile phones, everyone was shocked.

Professor Diao was stunned for a moment, pushed his glasses, and was stunned.

A netizen leaned on the screen and looked closely: "Why do you write a book more easily than I do a test paper?"

Countless scumbags holding mobile phones trembled: I wipe, are you serious? Why does it seem that this is said so easily?

Immediately afterwards, countless replies crowded Professor Diao's Weibo comment area:

"Teacher Li, hurry up and write a book, you must buy it if you write!"

"If you're serious, write quickly, and if you're kidding me, apologize. ”

"There is an element of braggadocio in your words, it must be so, otherwise, I feel that my intelligence has been blown up again!"

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Li Fan really wants to publish a book on theoretical works in the Axial Age, which he had already decided when he was preparing the materials for "A Brief Discussion on Western History", and he has already started writing.

This work is based on Carl Jaspers's "The Origin and Goal of History", and integrates many studies from later generations.

At present, Li Fan has written about 50,000 words, and there is still a long way to go before the book is completed.

Li Fan put down his mobile phone after chatting with netizens for a few words, and as soon as he finished washing, his mobile phone rang loudly.

The call was from Jisen Publishing House, and the president said in surprise: "Xiaofan is going to publish a book again?

"If you don't have a book, you can't sign a contract!" Li Fan said with a smile.

"Uh...... It doesn't matter, it's not important, your Li Fan's name is the quality of the book, you write slowly, let's sign the contract first!"

Well, Li Fan's name is not only the quality of the book, but also the sales of the book!

As soon as the phone of Jisen Publishing House hung up, Sister Jiang's phone called, "Li Fan, you want to publish a book, is it really fake?" Huaxia Bookstore contacted me. ”

Putting down Sister Jiang's phone, Li Fan came to the class after breakfast to prepare for class, and then Sister Jiang's phone came again, "Li Fan, Shanghai Publishing House is looking for me......"

In the next day, Sister Jiang's phone calls came from time to time:

"Li Fan, Yuelu Bookstore, they can achieve 22% of royalties!"

"Li Fan, the People's Publishing House wants to monopolize the copyright of this book for 5 years at a sky-high price. ”

"Li Fan, Sanlian Books also wants to talk to us. ”

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Li Fan was stunned, you are so enthusiastic, but my book is far from being completed, what a hurry!

What's the hurry?

On the official website of "People's Publishing House", in the [2019 Book Sales List], Li Fan's "New Examination and Evidence Collection" is unbeatable, and it has dominated the 2019 sales list for two and a half months with a huge lead.

From January 1, 2019 to today, the "New Evidence Collection" has sold 800,000 copies again, leading the way in 2019.

In addition to the 1.5 million books sold out last year, the "New Evidence Collection" has sold a staggering 2.3 million copies in three months after its release!

2.3 million copies, 3 months, this crazy sales detonated the book market earthquake.

Of course, books and audio-visual products are all sold in the early stage and weak in the later stage, except for the dark horse works, this is the law of the market, and the same is true of Li Fan's book.

The book's sales frenzy has long since subsided, but even so, two or three thousand copies are still sold every day, and it can be expected that by the end of this year, the sales of "New Evidence" will not be too much of a problem to exceed the 3 million mark.

The "New Evidence Collection" fully proves Li Fan's appeal and super sales ability in the book market, which makes Li Fan extremely popular and particularly sought-after in the book market, attracting the coveted and inevitable success of major publishing houses.

After all, selling a work of Li Fan is equivalent to selling the sum of 10 other well-known writers, and signing the big "book IP" into the hand is a manifestation of the strength of the publishing house, and it is also the best publicity for the publishing house!

Li Fan is helpless, in fact, you can wait, first look at the content of my book, see if it is suitable for the style of your publishing house, etc., and then make a decision!

The publishing house doesn't think so, first of all, the previous "New Examination Evidence Collection" has established its status as a historical-level work in terms of sales and word of mouth, and with Li Fan's level, how bad can the new book be?

Secondly, the publishing house does not have the objective conditions of "waiting", you want to wait and see, but other publishing houses can't wait, other publishing houses "snap" and smash the contract, no one can wait!

Sister Jiang and Li Fan discussed: "Li Fan, negotiate the conditions to sign the contract?"

"Let's talk, who makes them not afraid!"

"They're not afraid, if you put your elementary school work together and publish it, some of them will send a big contract. By the way, let's give priority to the four major publishing houses, although Giessen Publishing is the hometown publishing house. ”

"Well, good!"

Sister Jiang's negotiation work began, and at the same time, the historiography also began to study and discuss the theory of the Axial Age.

Li Fan's first step as a historian has just been taken.