A question is often asked: Can people learn lessons from reading history? I said in the preface to the first episode published by Taipei Yuanliu Publishing Company in July 1998: The lessons of history are very small because of human forgetfulness and the tampering of careerists... Now I add: The reason is that experience cannot be passed on, and events It is difficult to know without passing through.This is one of the greatest jokes that God made of human beings.Although human nature is the same in ancient and modern times, and there is no distinction between China and foreign countries, everyone also has a very tenacious self-destructive factor in their survival genes. It is neither possible to learn from history, nor is it easy to restrain themselves.It is only when the world civilization can take a step forward that such a arduous project will take place. It involves the ecological environment of nature, the accumulation of national character and culture, and is determined by the policy and institutional choices of an ethnic group.A higher level of civilization is a milestone in the survival of a nation.

If the function of history is measured purely from the above perspective, not only the readability will be greatly reduced, but even the value of writing is questionable.In fact, the mirror of history is weak, but the history of human beings is really the label of the evolution of the world, letting you know where we started from, the journey we have traveled, and the direction we will eventually go.If there is no history, the existence of human beings will be boundless and homeless, and all the bumps, crawls, struggles, and struggles in existence are like a flat boat in the turbulent waves, without a helmsman and no shore.From this point of view, the function of history is different from the "manual", it is impossible to tell you how to turn on the machine, how to operate, how to repair, how to replace new parts... But it is indispensable for the production and production of civilization in the whole world originality.

China is one of the ancient civilizations in the world, with a long and rich history. In the process of the development of world civilization, she is not just a flat boat in the vast ocean, but an aircraft carrier that shakes the world.Whether human beings can rise from decline to disadvantages is closely related to whether Chinese history can create new reforms.However, the feudal system in Chinese history was too long, and tyrants continued to commit atrocities one after another.The only thing the people can look forward to is to meet a "Ming Jun" who "transforms the people with virtue". This is really a huge deception.Poor, our kind-hearted people have been wanting to be cut, killed, tattooed, cut, and beaten for thousands of years, kowtowing and looking up to the "Ming Jun" to descend from the sky.

I use it to read history and put forward my analysis and criticism of different angles of traditional history. In addition to exercising myself to face the history of my own country honestly, I also try to make people who read history get rid of the old scholar-officials who belonged to the powerful and become the ones who hold great power. The emperor opened his eyes, protected his weaknesses, and even provided the practice of the most unconscionable rationalization theory for their brutal atrocities.I still want to say that my view of history may not be able to grasp the whole picture of history, but I get rid of the burden of traditional culture, do not sing praises for the king, but only for the common people, for the position and dignity of a "human", to say "human" In other words, to re-examine history from the perspective of "people-oriented".

September 2006 in Taipei