主题：【整理】西方历史与学术的由来——关于西方历史的真假问题 -- 疯狂的蚂蚁

Sorry friends, have difficulty input Chinese efficiently, will try to post Chinese posts later.

For the issue about history learning, I am very much in the camp of supporting OP's pride of our own history and historian tradition -- which is almost unmatched among civilizations in terms of continuity and originality, as well as generations of Chinese scholars' dilligence and persistance.

However, having said that, there is absolutely no need to belittle the great traditions, hard works and achievements of Western historians. In some way, the labelling of "East" vs. "West" is misleading. All are organic parts of human civilization, and the nations of Eurasia supercontinent are to be considered relatives and friends, connected since tens of thousands of years ago before written history, and later on by Silk Road at land and at sea.

It is very nice and comforting to see young people like OP to be free from the self-doubts and self-hatred of the 1980s Chinese intelectuals. To be proud of yourself, to be proud of your people, and to be confident to your future, this is essential.

And at the same time I feel the urge to point it out to the fine young men and women like OP, that to learn and to know the world, to learn from history, East and West, need to follow the right path:

Du Wan Juan Shu (read thousands of books), Xing Wan Li Lu (travel thousands of miles). To read, is to know and to learn, humble as a young student, respect the hard works of generations of scholars, and absorb the fruits of their scholarship. To travel, is to see the historical places and people and where events were happening with your own eyes -- sometimes it is truly amazing that after so many thousands of years, we may still see things as if it were happening just yesterday.

Post a link that I borrowed from friend which might assist friends who loves history readings.

http://liptontea.bokee.com/4778571.html