On January 1, 1985, the Central People's Radio began to broadcast Gowen's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

This novel and humorous story of the Ming Dynasty is somewhat similar to the commentary on the radio program, but it is more witty and interesting than the commentary, and it tells a true story in history.

We can say that listening to the book is just entertainment, but listening to "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" can learn knowledge and history.

Soon, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" caused a huge response.

Discussions and evaluations about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" emerged one after another, and soon became a hot topic in the whole society. At the end of last month, the Iron Lady wrestling incident that was still chattering in the mouths of the common people has been left behind by everyone at this time, and everyone is now meeting and talking about those things and people in the Ming Dynasty.

All kinds of newspapers, magazines, and radio stations published or commented on the work "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and the sales of this work increased significantly.

As a result, more and more newspapers and radio stations began to get involved in this carnival of heated discussions. Rubbing the heat, rubbing the topic, and fanning the flames are endless.

Finally, on January 19, 1985, when the common people opened the "People's Daily" to learn about China's policies and see what major events have happened in the country today.

In the eighth edition of the literary world, a critic named XX published a positive article commenting on Gowen's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

This kind of popularity for Govin and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has finally reached its peak.

Even China's largest newspaper, the country's No. 1 newspaper, can't ignore this craze in society!

It is conceivable that, as the broadcast continues, the review of the book will never be summed up by an eighth-edition review article. There will definitely be more articles published in more important pages.

At this time, a group finally lost its breath.

In the face of this craze in society, a group began to raise its voice.

This group is the historiography.

As early as after Govin revealed the information about his new work in the interview of "The Rise of a Great Power", the discussion about Govyn's new work has never stopped, and some experts in the field of history in many newspapers have taken advantage of the opportunity to publish articles about Zhu Yuanzhang.

In view of Gowen's status in the cultural circle and his past glorious deeds, many people in the literary and artistic circles and cultural circles have paid attention to his new works.

When they knew that his new work was related to history, experts and scholars in the field of history also became interested.

To be honest, the historiographical community has a good impression of Gowin. His "Taoist Tower" and "Mogao Grottoes" are of great historical value and cultural beauty, so when Govin said that his prose is a cultural essay, the historiographical community also agreed with it and tried to write this kind of prose.

In China, if it is said that group is theoretically the best at cultural prose and historical prose, it is naturally these big names in the field of historiography.

But when the Central People's Radio broadcast "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the entire historiography began to split.

Everyone was shocked by this work of Govyn.

What kind of work is this?

Some young historians are refreshed by this, it turns out that history can still be written like this!

They believe that Gowen's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" will open up a new line of thought and a new innovation for contemporary historiography.

But those older gentlemen, who have been buried in old paper piles and archaeological relics all year round, and who have studied and explored, are in an uproar.

If Gowen's work is just a popular historical romance, just like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the substitution ideas in Gowen's book, the writing skills that bring suspense, and the plain but witty writing are all wonderful and interesting.

However, as the radio was broadcast day by day, the old gentlemen in the field of history suddenly discovered that all the characters and stories written in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" were exactly the same as historical facts, and they could all be found in ancient books.

This is a real history!

It is no different from the research engaged in by the field of historiography.

Throw away the writing, throw away the writing skills, and the conclusions drawn in the novel are the same as the scientific research papers they usually write after research.

The only difference is that Govin writes more funny, more popular, and a little more oily.

The only difference is that this book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has very little academic value.

The guessed "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" turned out to be "Three Kingdoms"!

The old gentlemen in the field of history have been sticking to poverty all their lives, they have been rigorous in their studies all their lives, and they regard their work as extremely sacred, and they cannot see the frivolous words of Gowen and the small logical errors in the book.

Of course, the old gentlemen are pleased with the historical upsurge that has emerged in society now, but Gowen's indiscriminate practice is unforgivable.

This will lead to a bad atmosphere of historical research.

The study of history is serious and rigorous, where can it be as arbitrary as "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Now even the "People's Daily" has begun to publish relevant articles, if it is not correcting the audio-visual, once the character of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is determined, then wouldn't all the ghosts, snakes and gods in the historiography be able to come out? Isn't it a mess!

You must tell your own ideas to the public, and you can't let Govyn go on like this!

As a result, in addition to the letters and book reviews from readers, in addition to the young historians and college students who applauded Govine, some well-known old gentlemen in the field of historiography also began to write articles to express their opinions.

If most of the younger generation in the field of historiography have an attitude of affirmation and praise for "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", the comments of these old gentlemen and experts are mixed and have different attitudes, and most of them are criticisms.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" just uses the author's unique language to state the history of the Ming Dynasty, although there is some analysis and reasoning, but basically the historical facts are stated with the characters as the center. There are many important things for understanding the history of the Ming Dynasty that are not mentioned in the book, such as the changes in cultivated land in the Ming Dynasty, the increase in the variety of food crops, the increase in population, the change in climate, and so on......"

-- Mr. Li, who is known as the first person to study the history of the Tang Dynasty in China, published a commentary in Guangming Daily, unceremoniously saying that Gowen's understanding of Ming history is still far behind.

Mr. Wang Lao, China's most famous expert on Song history and honorary academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, mentioned such a thing in an interview on the television station.

When "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" was first published in the United States last year, I heard that it had been very popular for a while, and the then president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences came to me and said: "Look, Huang Renyu wrote a book called "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" in the United States, which is very good, and you can also write a book like this. I was unhappy and retorted to him, "Why don't you ask the people who study physics to write a few books that ordinary people can understand." ”

It is a blasphemy against scholarship to ask a group of experts in history to write a popular book and a book to entertain readers!

The underlying meaning of Mr. Wang's remarks is that such popular books as "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" are not worthy of being compared with academic works at all! As for Gowen's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", even more so!

In addition to these two old gentlemen, Mr. Li Daguang, who is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a veteran professor of history at the Central People's University, also submitted a commentary to the People's Daily. An article by a person like Mr. Li's is coveted by many newspapers, so the "People's Daily" published this article called "On the Ruffian" on the third day.

Mr. Li Daguang wrote in the article:

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!

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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, catering to the most popular mentality, so that people with primary school education and knowledge of 3,000 commonly used Chinese characters can listen to it happily. This is the essence of the "fire" of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Therefore, my granddaughter, a primary school student, felt the purest, most truthful, unpretentious, and most straightforward comment after reading it, and my granddaughter said, "Brother Gowen's article is so funny and funny." ”

Yes, it's funny, that's all.

Good history, why do you have to talk about it?

Academic works themselves must be rigorous, objective, and defensible, which is the attitude of academic research!

What's the matter with the ruffian? It's not cross talk!

Now there are so many people who say that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is well written, giving the historiography a direction of innovation?

If every young scholar imitates this line of thinking, who will sink down and seriously carry out real research work? Are they all going to play tricks?

The current trend is really unreliable, very unserious, and very subjective. It will have a very bad impact on the historiography.

I agree with what Govin said that history can be written lively, but if it is just for the sake of being interesting and interesting, then there is something wrong with the creative attitude!

What can we learn from "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"? What new assertions are being made?

Have it?

Pulling several materials from history books to make subjective assumptions is not the attitude of governing history, if that is the case, everyone can be called a historian.

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The most critical question is that a writer who is not a major in history has written an inexplicable popular book that has been evaluated as a book that has changed the field of historiography.

A work that translates the history of the Ming Dynasty into a long historical cross talk after tea and dinner, and it should be regarded as a model work of history, have you asked the author? Do people agree or disagree?

Ordinary people have the right to listen to historical stories and have fun after dinner.

However, you can't put such a work on the line, let alone blindly cater to the common people endlessly, in that case, what will history become?

With such an impetuous mind, what kind of historical research is there to engage in!

In the long run, history will not be history.

…… (To be continued.) )