Professor Guo XiaoLing Gave a Academic Report

Seven o'clock pm on September 13, 2006, in conformity with the inviting of History School's professor  Mi ChenFeng  , Beijing Normal University historiography Guo XiaoLing Professor, chief of research institute, floor 407 classroom make for historical institute graduate student one grow about western historiography history development course in pleasant virtue Learned report moved. Professor Guo is from wishing Herodotus tells, has combed the train of thought of development of the western historiography history over the past 2,500 years. He points out, originally raw historiography can be in ancient Greece and ancient China's emergence, but not ancient Egypt or area of the Yellow Basin and the Yangtze River, an important reason or first two ancient societies have freer thought environments, have abundant intellectuals with free spirit. More than 2,000 years ago, ancient Greece was on the occasion of prosperity period of system of city state, China was in the era in spring and autumn letting a hundred schools contend too, the intellectual does not inherit others' instigating, pass oneself to the society. To people's observation, and to people after putting forward one's own opinion. The recording and narrate and analyzing of the incident, thus established the basic shape of classical historiography between east and west. Professor Guo says: "Historical consciousness is the people's conscientious and instinct, since there is existence that history narrates while making a start in culture, and this kind of narration will continue forever, will not cut off " . To graduate student's classmates at stage, everybody engages in scholarship in Professor Guo's meaningful warning to have small place in mind more, the graduate student should perfect the basic training first at stage, familiar with basic classical documents, will possess certain philosophy thinking and theory training, as to classmate with specialized history in world, the basic training of foreign language is very important too, all these are not achievable overnight, " the chance is giving to the preparative person, this kind plans to need through the diligence and get hard" .

Professor Guo XiaoLing is besides taking the post as the chief of institute of research institute of historiography of Beijing Normal University, still hold the general secretary of research association of ancient Middle Ages of world of China, part-time professor of department of history of Beijing University concurrently, academic committee's committee member of Greek research center of Beijing University, the professional title of Ins of world history, Chi Aced of Social Sciences is engaged such duties as committee's committee member,etc., write many books, enjoy very high reputation, the warm welcome receiving everybody for the lectures done of classmates in the midst of pressing affairs this time in the educational circles, especially some feeling and opinion to the research approach of history of his are inspired deeply by a lot of classmates.

The foreign academic exchange activity in recent years of historical institute of the People's University of China is more and more frequent, after communicating with each other, have enriched the classmates' knowledge greatly too, has improved everybody's historiography accomplishment, one that is with historiography constant to develop forward, National People's Congress historical institute is it is it build up one wide academic exchange platform to put up for classmate to make great efforts too! (Copywriter: 2005 grades of professional Master degree candidates of world history   Yao Ke)