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顾诚I know Mr. Gu Cheng, originated from China 1981 held in Xi'an Symposium peasant war history. At the meeting he spoke, his voice steady, no hurry do not slow, like an old pedant, but thorough analysis on, and justifiably, and convincing. Will be the next conversation, that he the chance to read the more knowledgeable, but magnanimous mind, honest, trustworthy. Back to Beijing, we began to travel with him. At that time I was the founding emperor of the Ming emperor, he of the late Ming peasant war, involving the Ming Dynasty, a 1, there are many topics of common interest, gradually, the more up contacts, know each other, as no words talk about a good friend.
In the 20 years of exchanges, Mr. Gu Cheng impressed me most was his spirit of hard work of scholarship. As he said: "In the academic issues to achieve real progress, researchers need to go through years and years of hard work." Each of any academic achievement, are inseparable from the "hard" word. But Mr. Gu Cheng's scholarship, not an ordinary hard, but over many years, unusually hard. He has talked with me, said he was young, often early in the morning on the bike during the day, to the major city libraries and archives to see the book, to find information. To save time, noon eating a native of dry bread to eat, come home until it closed. Whether summer or winter, never stopped. Handonglayue, sometimes roaring winds, snow flying, holding the handlebars hands frozen numb, went to the street shops of the fire grilled roast. To go several times, many libraries and archives management personnel know him. At night, he came back in the lamp order information copied, or written on the. Dry with a dry forget the hour, often to the rest of the night, the surrounding houses are already off lights before he goes to bed. Lian Zhouzhuan due to the long day and night, my mind highly excited, very early fall months of insomnia, initially until 34 o'clock at night to sleep, then will have to be white people sleep until the time of the East, but had to take sleeping pills to sleep forward. Over time, the clock completely reversed to form a night of work in the morning sleeping habits. The department that Mr. Gu Cheng's such a habit of his classes were scheduled to come on in the afternoon or evening, so as not to affect his rest. Burn the midnight oil for many intellectuals are commonplace, but usually open until 12:00 or 1, 2 o'clock, months and years to burn the midnight oil the night, who can not stand. I remember on one occasion to the University of Hong Kong to participate in the International Symposium on History of the Ming, Mr. Gu Cheng and I live in one house. The first night I could talk with him to the 16 o'clock, the second night I can only accompany him talk to the 14 o'clock, the third night talking to the 12 o'clock I was asleep, but he is still in the lamp reading lights before going to bed until 4:00.
Mr. Gu Cheng Scholarship Another prominent feature, that is very strict style of study, full of the spirit of Park University. Regardless of what subject, Mr. Gu Cheng had sought to complete the data collection, so that "Terra Tragedy", there is no omission. He not only traveled to Beijing in major libraries and archives, but also use of the opportunities to go abroad to search for information, its footprint across the river north and south. To write "the history of the Ming peasant war," he just Chronicles inspection of nearly cadres. He wrote the "Ming Shi", only reached 579 kinds of reference books, bibliographic access without being quoted is the number of times. Cited book, many of Mr. Xie Guozhen "historical records the late Ming Dynasty," as "no book" or add records, Mr. Gu Cheng by the first discovered for the first time cited by the history books. I have several times visited Mr. Gu Cheng, in his study, see the table arrayed with a few big pile of manuscript paper a foot tall, he told me it was all down from the library and archives extract information. He does not copy the data card, that card can not copy the words, but with the manuscript copy, a manuscript is not enough to add a 2, can be copied a large section of the full information. Think about how much these big foot pile of information, pen a word for word transcription, was how much time and energy ah! Also, therefore, Mr. Gu Cheng's theory was not only informative, solid, truly "image by jumping on just grounds," "No word no source," and often find new information, and based on these new data put forward new ideas. However, Mr. Gu Cheng was not Copyist, he was by no means is the information on the long series. Mr. Gu Cheng has a solid academic foundation, especially those with theoretical knowledge of Marxism. He did not meet the "word must evidence the", "No word no provenance", but aims to innovation and breakthroughs, and strive to solve a mystery of history, historical facts proved the truth, explain the law of social development. Therefore, he collected information, all efforts be carefully reviewed one by one, analyze and research, do eliminate the false and retain the true, discard the dross and select the essential. Then this basis, the use of historical materialism in-depth analysis and demonstration, and then put forward their own insights. In Mr. Gu Cheng's pen, and many historical records of corruption has been revised, and many predecessors have not solved the mystery has been solved, many of the popular view had been rejected; presented to readers of the article is a solid and reliable information, clear and bright thread of historical development, unique and compelling new perspective. So also, Mr. Gu Cheng's many academic writing was a fine example of the widely praised by academics at home and abroad. His "History of Ming Peasants War," won the outstanding achievements of Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Award. He spent more than ten years of painstaking effort to make Feinan Ming of history ", also known as the Ming History milestone, and won the National Book Award and the Beijing Social Science Excellent Achievement Award.
Mr. Gu Cheng's history and the history of it enviable knowledge, his history of Germany is even more admirable. Mr. Gu Cheng life, indifferent to fame and fortune, willing to loneliness, to concentrate on treatment history, despite the rising tide of goods to the impact of bench's determination never wavered. Since 1981, I went to visit his home, the 20 years he lived in the school set of the old buildings just over 70 square meters room. There is no set of residential hall, only three houses, one cottage only 6 square meters, each of the two larger points more than a dozen square meters. His study is a larger point of the house, which in addition to placing a single bed, a desk and a short sofa, but that was the number of spare places, the wall of bookcases and shelves filled with books Even the bed next to the wall to approach also put a lot of books. Mr. Gu Cheng had told me that the school had given to his school a large house, he went to see for it old house, mottled walls, doors, windows broken, to move over to first spend a few million renovation ; he had not so much money, must give way. Later the school was divided into him outside a spacious new house, but considering there than from the school, once moved in the past, you can not soak the school library, he gave up. As Mr. Gu Cheng learned and prestigious, many universities and research institutions at home and abroad, have invited him to lecture. In many people, this is a great good fame and fortune, but fame and fortune he look very pale, have special reason to decline the lifestyle and continue to work hard at doing their research. Can be said that Mr. Gu Cheng is really threw himself into his favorite history study, treatment history, the do not want nothing. He that live in poverty and self-restraint, Anpinledao, and books as well, to concentrate on the spirit of History, in the present wishes to cross flow, climate impulsive social transition, in particular, seem rare.
In the "History of Ming," writing and revision process, Mr. Gu Cheng has published a "management system of the Ming empire," "the number of new exploration land in Early Ming Dynasty," "On Ming Wei Ji", "The System of the Qing generation change "four important papers, the Ming territory management system, health system and the cultivated area, population figures, presented his new ideas. He told me about his research and Ming Ming peasant war in the process of history, has been from a large number of historical records, files, in particular, local history, collected many information about Wei Ming, Ming territory management system related to the problem. The management system of the Ming Dynasty's territory, but recorded in official history books and political ambiguity, causing many misunderstandings. The boundaries of the Ming Dynasty, cultivated land area and population figures, academics, the reason why mixed views, debated, are relevant. This is a study of the Ming Dynasty can not be avoided but a major issue be solved. Four of his papers on this issue in their basic views, ready to hear the academic reflection. To be "Ming Shi" surfaced, he will focus on to write a monograph, systematic exposition of his views. But the days do not leave, the long years of hard studying, undermined Mr. Gu Cheng's health. He may only have died in life, not the desire to achieve complete third masterpiece, really sorry pain.
People Archive
Gu Cheng (1934-2003), the former history professor at Beijing Normal University, doctoral tutor, Ming historians. 1934, 11, was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. 1949 years ago, were enrolled in Jiangxi Province, Li Jian School, Nanchang one. Back in the early days, Mr. Gu Cheng joined the revolutionary work. September 1957, he was admitted to Beijing Normal University, Department of History, Lecturer in 1961, left school, then served as lecturer, associate professor, professor, doctoral tutor, part-time farmers in China, vice chairman of the history of war studies, consultants, executive of China Ming Studies director.
Mr. Gu Cheng is quite seriously the history of Germany. Recruit graduate students, open the first lesson is to teach students sitting on the bench of the effort, in the pure style of study more than pay tribute. He has always stressed that scholarship is a hard thing, lonely non-willing, great efforts at those who can not. His words and deeds, often goes out of his library used to noon, with a bread to eat, come home until closing the book collection. Winter cold, often frozen numb hands riding a bike, in order not to affect the reading to the nearest store on the stove to warm heating. He fostered a lot of doctoral and master, called "Learning to be Teacher, acts as an Exemplary" in the model.
Recalling Mr. Gu Cheng life, moral standards ringing. Days do not leave, the only life were in, but man and his deeds with their works forever when the world forever.
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