1957年的春夏之交,在九三学社中央工作的祁龙威与在人民大学中国历史教研室近代史组任教的戴逸,一起参加了由中国科学院近代史研究所组织召开的史学座谈会,围绕中国近代史该如何分期、太平天国运动的性质这两大问题进行研讨。会议由近代史研究所副所长刘大年主持,参加会议的大多是史坛名家,硕儒高士,有罗尔纲、侯外庐、荣孟源、邵循正等十多人。祁龙威、戴逸这两位同乡、同学、同道就在这次会上相交相识。既是同学,又怎会在此相识呢?原来他 At the turn of the spring-summer 1957, Qilong Wei, who worked in the Central Committee of Jiu San Society, and Dai Yi, who teaches at the Modern History Unit of the Chinese History Department of Renmin University, participated in a historiography symposium organized by the Chinese Academy of Modern History Research Institute. Modern history how to stage, the nature of the Taiping movement to discuss these two major issues. The meeting was presided over by Liu Dainian, deputy director of the Institute of Modern History. Most of the participants in the conference were famous masters in the history of the world, scholars of Confucianism, Luo Ergang, Hou Wailu, Rong Mengyuan and Shao Xunzheng. Qilong Wei, Dai Yi these two fellow countrymen, classmates, fellow acquaintances at this meeting. Not only classmates but also acquaintances here?