由关注北伐战争而走上历史学研究之路,何兹全的人生选择一开始就与探究中国社会的发展规律这一宏大的志向联系在一起,师从陶希圣、傅斯年,受到胡适的栽培,却在解放初从美国义无反顾地返回大陆,为新中国的发展和进步尽一个历史学家的使命,真正是一辈子做学问,一辈子不忘情国家。历尽人生沧桑和学术沉浮,他自我评述道:“我是‘幸运’的,也是‘悲剧’的。” Concerned with the Northern Expedition and embarked on a historical study, He Zizhuan’s life choice was linked with the grand ambition of exploring the law of development of Chinese society from the outset. Under the guidance of Tao Xi-san and Fu Ssu-nian, he was trained by Hu Shi At the beginning of liberation, he returned to the mainland from the United States without hesitation and did his best to fulfill the mission of a historian for the development and progress of New China. He truly spent his whole life making academic studies and never forgetting to love the country forever. Through the vicissitudes of life and academic ups and downs, he commented on his own: “I am lucky and tragic.”