In addition, there are at least two important reasons why Mao Zedong studied Twenty-four History.
First, from the ideological origin of Mao Zedong's failure to study abroad in his youth, it is very important to understand China's ancient and modern theoretical system. At that time, many of his peers went abroad to study, and his classmates also advised Mao Zedong to go abroad to hone, but Mao Zedong finally stayed and stayed at home.
Secondly, at that time, he thought that the advantage of staying in China for exploration was that reading the translated version was much faster than reading the original, which was conducive to gaining more knowledge in a shorter time. World civilization is divided into two streams, East and West, and Oriental civilization should occupy half of the world civilization. However, oriental civilization can be said to be Chinese civilization. It seems that it is necessary to study the essence of China's ancient and modern theoretical system first, and then go to the West to learn something to compare.
If you want to make a little contribution in today's world, of course, you can't do without the site of "China". As for the situation of this site, it seems necessary to conduct on-the-spot investigation and study. I'm afraid it's difficult to do this job when I come back from abroad because of the relationship between personnel and life. Why don't we do it now?
I think I know too little about my country. If I spend my time in my country, it will be more beneficial to my country.
Taking history as a mirror, we should seek enlightenment, experience and lessons from history in governing the country. Studying the history of China includes studying the twenty-four histories and understanding and mastering the "essence of ancient and modern theoretical system". The most important purpose is to serve today's realistic struggle. A lesson from the past is to govern the country and keep the country safe.
Understand China's cultural heritage for thousands of years, critically inherit and develop the essence of our national cultural heritage, and learn something useful for today's and tomorrow's political, social, economic, scientific and cultural construction and development, so that it can better serve the realistic struggle and construction. This is Mao Zedong's consistent proposition that he loves history and studies the twenty-four histories tirelessly.
These thoughts, viewpoints and practices of young Mao Zedong, especially his proposal that "it seems that we should first study the gist of China's ancient and modern theoretical system", are closely related to his later efforts to read Twenty-four History.
The former is cause and the latter is effect. In his later years, Mao Zedong insisted on reading Twenty-four Histories in order to better and deeply understand China's Essentials of Ancient and Modern Doctrine System and learn more about his country. Twenty-four histories is the best and most complete collection of knowledge to understand China's "the essence of ancient and modern theoretical system".
To fully understand the history of China for thousands of years, we must read the twenty-four histories. As Mao Zedong said in a conversation with Teacher Lu Di on reading the Twenty-four History in 1975, most of the "Twenty-four History" is false, and so is the so-called record. However, if you don't read it because most of it is false, it is metaphysics.
How can you understand history without reading? On the other hand, believing everything is true and taking every sentence in the book as a true creed is historical idealism. The correct attitude is to analyze and criticize it with Marxist standpoint, viewpoint and method, and turn upside down the history.