Li Xin

Li Xin

Li Xin (1918-2004), formerly known as Li Zhongshen. Born on September 15, 1918 in Anfu Town, Rongchang County, Sichuan Province (now Chongqing). In 1934, he was admitted to Chongqing Chuandong normal school (Chuandong normal school, the predecessor of Southwest University), and actively engaged in the progressive student movement and national salvation activities.

Life

Born on September 15, 1918 in Anfu Town, Rongchang County, Sichuan Province (now Chongqing).

In 1934, he was admitted to Chongqing Chuandong normal school (Chuandong normal school), and actively engaged in the progressive student movement and national salvation activities.

At the beginning of 1938, Li Xinyue collected several comrades and resolutely walked from Wanxian county to Yan'an to enter Shanbei public school. Later, he successively served as secretary of the Youth Committee of the Central Bureau of Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan, member of the middle school group of the Beiping executive department of the military dispatching department, and director of the Zhengding branch of North China University. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he did not seek power, but took the initiative to ask to enter the education sector to help Wu Yuzhang prepare for the founding of the people's Republic of China

Renmin University of China

He was once Deputy Secretary of the Party committee of the University.

He went to Vietnam to give lectures in 1956.

From 1960 to 1962, he served as secretary general and Deputy Secretary of the Party group of the Chinese character Reform Commission.

He was awarded the title of professor in 1960.

In 1962, he was a researcher in the Institute of modern history of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and successively served as the leader of the modern history group and the general history group of the Institute.

Since 1976, he has successively served as Deputy Secretary of the Party committee and deputy director of the Institute of modern history of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of the Research Office of the history of the Republic of China and modern history, deputy director of the Research Office of the party history of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice president of the all China Society of party history, vice president of the Research Association of party history figures of the Communist Party of China, and director of the society of modern history of China.

In 1979, he visited and lectured in the United States as a member of the Chinese Social Science delegation.

Since 1980, he has been a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh CPPCC National Committee.

In 1981, he was invited to give lectures in France.

In 1986, he was invited to be a member of the Asian history society. Li Xin is rigorous and innovative in his studies. He has unique views on many academic issues and has profound attainments in the history of Chinese revolution, the history of the Communist Party of China and the history of the Republic of China.

pioneer

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Li Xin worked as a leader in the Institute of modern history of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for a long time and made important contributions to the development of the Institute. In 1972, he was appointed to set up the research group of the history of the Republic of China in the Institute of modern history. In 1978, he changed his name to the Research Office of the history of the Republic of China, and started a new discipline, the research of the history of the Republic of China. However, the history circle has never stopped its ups and downs. At the beginning of the research on the history of the Republic of China, there were many opponents.

Some people say that to write the history of the Republic of China is to sing praises for the Kuomintang. Some people say that to write the history of the Republic of China is to recognize "two Chinas". Li Xin was determined to oppose these views. He once debated with an opponent for several days. Li Xin said that the compilation of the history of the Republic of China was in accordance with Zhou Enlai's instructions and the decision of the State Council. Both the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of education have written instructions, and Mr. Guo also gave instructions. Since you want to stop compiling the history of the Republic of China, you should have clear written instructions, and explain that the previous instructions are invalid.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. Li Xin devoted himself to all aspects related to the study of the history of the Republic of China and worked hard with his colleagues to overcome many difficulties. Nowadays, the object, principle, framework, style and so on of the study of the history of the Republic of China were decided by many colleagues under the leadership of Li Xin, and they are still used in the academic circles. The study of the history of the Republic of China has become one of the most active and fruitful subjects in the study of Chinese history in recent years. Li Xin wrote a book and said that he has made great achievements. It's not too much to describe it as "writing for others". He presided over the compilation of more than 10 volumes of the history of the Republic of China. Biographies of the people of the Republic of China, memorabilia of the Republic of China, general history of the period of China's new democratic revolution, general history of China's new democratic revolution, as well as a large number of materials series of modern Chinese history and materials series manuscript of the history of the Republic of China, with tens of millions of words, have won high praise in academic circles at home and abroad and had a great impact.

As a historian, Li Xin stressed that

Stuart

We should write history in a straight line. He said: since ancient times, it has been very difficult to portray history. First of all, there will be great political difficulties. "In Qi Tai Shi Jian, in Jin Dong Hu Bi", it shows that the portrait history will be killed. However, because of this, Chinese historiography has formed a glorious and great tradition, that is to say, writing history without truth is against historical morality and has lost the conscience of historians.

representative work

A brief history of China's new democratic revolution, several issues in the history of China's revolution, a speech on the history of China's new democratic revolution, the passing years: Li Xin's memoirs, etc., and a general history of the period of China's New Democratic Revolution (four volume edition), etc.

In the late 1980s, he edited two large-scale historical books: the history of the Chinese revolution (12 volumes) and the history of the Republic of China (13 volumes). The general history of China during the period of the new democratic revolution won the first prize of excellent textbook awarded by the State Education Commission, and the history of the Republic of China won the National Excellent Book Award in 1988.

He died in Beijing on February 5, 2004.

Posterity evaluation

Chen Tiejian, a famous expert in party history, said: "Mr. Li Xin is my tutor. He has been a tutor for me all my life, from study to life. I am very proud and honored to have such a teacher. I will follow their example and carry on their will. "

In memory of Mr. Li Xin, Chen Tiejian also asked his calligrapher to write a pair of elegiac couplets in big characters: "lead the eastern Sichuan academic tide, participate in the national anti Japanese War, implement the land reform in Southern Hebei, call for political innovation, fight against autocracy, strive for democracy, strive for national prosperity, and strive for 80 years; devote himself to university education, participate in character reform, deeply study the history of the Republic of China, strive for cultural revival, denounce dogma, eliminate superstition, and follow blindly, Fifty years of consistency. "

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