However, when a school of thought begins to become the mainstream, and it begins to monopolize academics and eat the old book, the problem arises.

Like Confucianism, they could not accept other methods of historical research, and they were very active in dealing with West Malaysia.

However, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sociology, geography, economics, anthropology, psychology and other disciplines began to take shape, and traditional historiography was a bit outdated.

Because with their single historical analysis and elaboration, many historical events cannot be explained at all.

Like Favre's school of almanacs, the traditional Ranke school is outdated. The Annals school studied not only political history, but also the history of society in general, collecting not only documentary and historical materials, but also other historical materials, and advocating that historiography should be studied interdisdisciplinarily.

Favre was known for his eloquence in history, and in Zhou's memory, there were more than 1,400 articles he debated with those in traditional historiography alone......

When Zhou Nan went on a lecture tour in France, he had time to learn from him, and after telling him the theories of the later period of the Annals School in full, he was even more powerful and unstoppable.

The methods of the Annals school are definitely more advanced than traditional historiography, and in the later research process, they also used econometrics, demography, social psychology, and comparative historiography to conduct a lot of regional research.

But they took a detour and discarded the backbone of history, which is political historiography. So in the 80s, the Annals school re-embraced political historiography and returned to tradition.

This is already forty years later, but now Zhou Nan has passed these on to the founder of the mountain, Favre.

Although Zhou Nan has not seen the article in the newspaper, Zhou Nan believes that there are already some Ranke schools that cannot keep up with the times, and no matter how many people there are, I am afraid they are not Feivre's opponents.

In Zhou Nan's view, Favre is an essence version and a mild version of Lu Shuren. Even if some people can compare to him in thought, but they can't compare to him who can speak well, no matter how good his appearance is, he is a real generation of grandmasters.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan's brows furrowed. If it's just a simple academic discussion, he is slightly stronger than Fèvre, he is not afraid, do you still need to be afraid?

Toynbee saw that Zhou Nan was relaxed, and asked with a smile, "Can you go in?" ”

"Of course...... Please ......"

When he opened this door, Zhou Nan had never thought that he was not only pushing open a door to the banquet hall, but also a door to the Supreme Palace.

In the decades that followed, countless scholars and scholars studied everything that happened that night and called it the greatest gathering of the twentieth century.

Although there were not many people gathered that night, less than twenty people in all, none of them realized that tonight's gathering would affect the whole world for a long time.

But if you look at the list of people who attended the party, any one of them is called the top of the pyramid.

Portland Russell, who has been called the greatest British philosopher of the 20th century.

Russell's friend, the famous British philosopher George Edward Moore.

And their common pupil, the genius of the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century: Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Arnold Toynbee, one of Britain's greatest historians.

Albert Schweizer, a humanitarian scholar known as France's greatest philosopher.

Robert Robinson, then president of the Royal Society, chemist.

Another friend of Robinson's, chemist Martin.

Billy Henderson, a well-known British sociologist who loves peace and has always called for the cutting of military equipment.

Al Hudson, a famous British historian who established a new theory of historical research.

And Zhou Nan.

Most of them are Nobel laureates, and they have outstanding literary talents and status in their respective fields, and can influence the development process of the world.

But on this night, they didn't realize the greatness of this meeting at first.

There weren't many people in the hall, only a few of them brought their families, and their families were not young.

The hostess was Veronica, whom Toynbee was about to marry, and she quickly greeted her and brought Audrey to the crowd of the ladies.

Since the youngest of them were over forty years old and had a kind attitude, Audrey was not nervous at all, smiled with Zhou Nan, and followed Veronica.

On the men's side, the youngest is Zhou Nan, even Toynbee's second son, Theodore Toynbee, is already thirty years old this year. He is a journalist and writer, and he was also specially brought over by Toynbee for fear that Zhou Nan would not be used to getting together with old men.

But he didn't know that Zhou Nan's mental age was older than him, and he preferred to get along with old men rather than young people.

Hearing Toynbee's introduction of the guests, Zhou Nan was shocked, and any person here has a high reputation in later generations.

The only Henderson who had never heard of his name turned out to be the Nobel Peace Prize laureate twelve years ago.

Everyone was also surprised by Zhou Nan's youth, although they had long known that Zhou Nan was very young, but they had no intuitive impression. But seeing such a young man whose age is only equivalent to his own son, or even his grandson, standing in front of him, he couldn't help but secretly marvel.

They all know Zhou Nan's identity, and in recent months, in Europe, there has been no more sensational figure than Zhou Nan.

The publication of the General History of the World, his lecture tours in France and Italy, Zhou Nan's presentation on the future development of Europe, the European revival plan, and the plans of the European Union all shocked the world.

Zhou Nan tried to remain humble and shook hands with everyone.

"Mr. Russell, I have been studying your articles recently, such as "The Road to Freedom", "Freedom and Organization", "Power, Social Analysis", etc., and many of your ideas have also had a great influence on my academic research."

Russell knew that Zhou Nan could not speak English well, he was fluent in German and French, and most of the people here knew French, so he also said in French: "Mr. Zhou, your summary of the humanitarian spirit has become a program of action for pacifists all over the world. Your research is great and sacred. ”

Facing Schweitzer, Zhou Nan said sincerely: "Mr. Schweitzer, you are the object of my greatest admiration, and everything you have done for Africa and the world is truly great." ”

"Jonas, I didn't return to Africa, I just wanted to stay in England and see you, and I have countless questions I want to discuss with you about humanitarianism."

"It's also my pleasure!"

Wittgenstein, as rumored, was a sensitive, introverted, calm idealist on the surface but crazy on the inside. This classmate of Hitler was a real genius, but in terms of socialization, it was not his forte.

In the time before the meal, Zhou Nan had a brief chat with everyone, and also understood why these people appeared tonight.

Russell's main experience now lies in the study of social and political institutions, and he is also a true scholar of humanitarian studies.

Schweitzer, a humanitarian pioneer who devoted his whole life to Africa, really wanted to learn humanitarian theory from Zhou Nan and wanted to combine theory with practice.

There was also Henderson, and the three of them had no interest in Zhou Nan's other academic theories. Even Russell was not interested in Zhou Nan's philosophical thoughts, and their only purpose was the development of the humanitarian spirit and the development of charity.

When they met Zhou Nan, they wanted to pull Zhou Nan into their group to jointly publicize and spread humanitarianism.

When they heard that Zhou Nan had given the copyright of the humanitarian spirit to the Red Cross and established a foundation, they knew that Zhou Nan had gone ahead of them.

The two chemists were just a little curious about Zhou Nan, and they came over to give Zhou Nan the platform more because of the face of Toynbee.

Hudson, on the other hand, intended to debate with Zhou Nan.

The Ranke School is still the mainstream school of historical research in Europe, and in the course of more than 100 years of history, they have indeed played a very active role in historical research.

Zhou Nan's contribution to them is not denied, and traditional historiography is not immutable. It would be biased to say that the Ranke School could become the mainstream school of thought in Europe.

But it turns out that their set is no longer in line with today's research.

Since the Industrial Revolution, social changes and changes in humanistic thought, coupled with the convenience of mutual exchange and communication, people will no longer be as close to their doors as before, and they will remain unchanged for hundreds of years.

The advanced nature of the Ranke School is that they take political historiography as the main body, and conduct a comprehensive analysis of historical events in terms of countries, nations, regimes, people, and time, which is sufficient for a long time.

However, as the world entered the 20th century, the development of society has turned the world into a global village, and countries and nations are no longer independent individuals that are not influenced by other countries.

For example, the development of France, they will be influenced by Italy, England, Germany, and you only write about France, and you can't explain the real impact that a historical event can have on society and the region.

There has been a breakthrough in medicine in Switzerland that has benefited not only the Swiss, but all of Europe and even the world. The Americans produced a television set, which was shipped to the homes of the British, probably a month later.

At this time, historical research on countries and nations was still conducted, and it was impossible to prove the changes in their impact on the world.

Zhou Nan used various examples to discuss with Hudson in an all-round way, and used detailed data to prove that traditional research methods are no longer suitable for current development.

Only by downplaying the country and putting the countries of the world under the same framework and conducting research can we make judgments that conform to the laws of world development and benefit the people of the world.