Chapter 79 claim

Qian Mu said: "When I was young, in the former Qing Dynasty, I heard someone say, 'It is unreasonable for China not to perish.' In my young mind, I couldn't help feeling a little bit of resistance." This kind of resistance It became the driving force for his later studies, "Is it because of the encouragement of the national crisis and the guidance of patriotism." Qian Mu was famous for his self-study. After ten years of hard study in rural education, he explored a set of unique research methods and approaches.He believes that the essence of Chinese traditional culture lies in Confucianism.

Qian Mu advocated reading more books, thinking hard, and understanding by analogy. He believed that Chinese scholarship is different from that of the West. Western culture is divided into categories and is not related to each other, while Chinese culture is divided into different categories.The four collections of classics and history are the four approaches to scholarship. After getting started, they learn by analogy and finally merge into one. Qian Mu advocated that modern Chinese must read nine traditional classics——, "Mencius", "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Laozi", "Six Patriarchs Altar Sutra", Zhu Xi's "Jingsilu", and Wang Yangming—to be able to Appreciate the cultural ambitions of the old sages.

Qian Mu emphasized many times in his later years that citizens must know the history of their country, otherwise they are not qualified citizens. During the Anti-Japanese War, Qian Mu wrote the "Outline of National History" at the Southwest Associated University. He specifically proposed that "the truth about the evolution of our country, nation, and past culture should be clearly shown to others, which is the necessary wisdom for those who are willing to understand the evolution of China's past political, social, cultural, and ideological knowledge" as a necessary condition for compiling a new general history.

When Qian Mu compiled the "Outline of National History", he advocated that "citizens should know the history of the country", and he was convinced that knowing the "history of the country" could build "faith".He said: "First, it is believed that the citizens of any country, especially those who claim to have knowledge above the level, should know a little about their country's past history. Second, the so-called people who know a little about their country's past history It must be accompanied by a kind of warmth and respect for the past history of the country. 3. The so-called people who have a kind of warmth and respect for the past history of their country will at least not have a kind of extreme nihilism about the past history of their country, and at least they will not feel that we are now It is to stand at the highest peak of past history, and to blame all our sins and weaknesses on the ancients. 4. Believe that every country will wait for its citizens to meet the above-mentioned conditions. More and more, its country is There is still hope for moving forward.”

In 1931, when Qian Mu's "Introduction to Chinese Studies" was published, he wrote in the "Preface": Academics have no national boundaries. The term "national studies" has no inheritance in the past, and it is afraid that it will not stand in the future.Special is a noun of an era.As far as its scope is concerned, it is really difficult to judge which ones should be learned from other countries and which ones should not.This book is especially in response to the needs of school textbooks, and I had to adopt the general idea of ​​Liang's Qing Dynasty academic introduction, and narrate it in stages.

According to Qian Mu's student Wu Peilan, he read Qian Mu's "General History of China" and seven volumes of Gu Jiegang's "Ancient History Debate" in his freshman year.He appreciated Gu's point of view even more, and wrote a long article based on it.But after showing it to Qian Mu, Qian Mu "criticized it with a serious attitude and a stern voice, and it took a long time." Qian Mu said: "China is the country with the most complete history in the world", which has three manifestations: one is "long", two is "uninterrupted" and three is "detailed".

Qian Mu defended Chinese culture. He said: "If the evaluation of a nation's culture is directly proportional to its long and extensive history, then our Chinese culture is second to none in the world." Qian Mu pointed out many times in his later years that the Chinese people's loss of confidence in Chinese culture is the biggest crisis of Chinese culture. School education emphasizes natural science and worships foreigners and self-contempt, which is the hidden worry of Chinese culture.He emphasized that China has never had a cultural tradition of imperialist aggression against other countries, and has always advocated that "those who are not addicted to murder can do it alone", which is the true concept of world peace.

After the Xi’an Incident, the people of the country were very concerned. During the class, the students also asked Qian Mu to talk about his views on this matter. Qian Mu said: "The actions of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are wrong, and it is wrong to detain national leaders." The students joked that Qian Mu was a spiritualist. According to historian Yan Gengwang’s recollection, Qian Mu taught his students to be ambitious, show courage and will, and be a master who leads the society and changes customs. Qian Mu said that the scholars of the May Fourth generation quickly became famous, but not academically; book.Therefore, he asked his disciples not to publish works easily when they were young, so as not to regret it when they were older.

In the mid-autumn of 1989, Qian Mu participated in the 40th anniversary celebration of New Asia College. During a discussion with students, he believed that "to save the world, China must be saved, and Confucianism must be used to save China." Qian Mu's "Eighty Remembrances of Parents·Miscellaneous Memories of Teachers and Friends" traces the past of his teachers and friends in the past 70 years in a plain and elegant style, and clearly tells the world that "if you look at it with the eyes of studying the history of modern Chinese society, it is not enough to add An objective circumstantial evidence".In fact, although Qian Mu wrote this book to reminisce about teachers and friends, there are many actions of academic figures on the day of the moon, such as the praise of Tang Xiyu and Meng Wentong's academics, the praise of Zhang Yinlin and Lei Haizong, and the dissatisfaction of Hu Shi and Fu Sinian. No criticism, criticism of Xiong Shili, etc.