历史学给人的智慧不是直接的,它所起的作用一般是激发出人们的潜能。你今天知道一段历史,对于你现在做的事未必有直接的帮助,历史更多的是潜移默化地起作用。不要把学习历史看成就是背个年表,记住一些人物、事件、年代。光靠死记硬背,就能成为历史学家吗?就能从历史中获得智慧吗?背得再多,没有自己的思想,不过是个书橱或者活电脑而已。 The wisdom given by history is not direct. Its role is generally to stimulate people’s potential. You know a certain history today. It may not be a direct help for what you do now. History is more imperceptibly. Do not look at the history of learning as a chronology, remember some people, events, and times. Can we become a historian by rote memorization alone? Can we gain wisdom from history? I have to go back and have no thought of myself, but it is a bookcase or a living computer.