At the end of the lecture, Zhou Hexuan was surrounded by students. Everyone seemed to be satisfied with what they heard and continued to ask various questions.?
A student suddenly said: "Mr. Zhou, I read your new book, and I think the section discussing the reforms of the late Qing Dynasty is particularly reasonable. After reading your masterpiece, I realized that it is impossible to succeed in establishing a constitutional monarchy in China. However,
My point of view is different from yours. I don’t believe in one-party dictatorship, but rather a democratic constitutional government imitating the United States and France.”
"It's normal to have different opinions. We each reserve our opinions." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
In "Guns, Germs and Steel", Zhou Hexuan elaborated on the reforms of the late Qing Dynasty from the perspective of geography and ethnicity. He concluded that countries with successful constitutional monarchies, such as Japan and the United Kingdom (leave Ireland alone), are all single-ethnic island countries. Germany
Although it was successful, it was a military unification with the Germans as the main body, and it finally came to an end due to the war.
In contrast, countries with complex ethnic compositions such as France, Russia, and China have only one emperor, who mainly represents one ethnic group. During the reform, the distribution of interests is seriously uneven, so the resistance to constitutional monarchy and reform is even greater.
Of course, the influence of culture, customs, traditions and other factors need to be discussed in detail.
After these students left, Zhang Boling held Zhou Hexuan's hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, what you said was so good, I was enlightened!"
"No, no, it's just a personal opinion." Zhou Hexuan said modestly.
Zhang Boling said: "I will take you to the Department of Literature and the Department of Physics to select students, and by the way, we will talk about the radio station cooperation."
Nankai University is a co-educational institution, and Zhou Hexuan easily recruited six announcers, three men and three women. Since they usually have to attend classes, they rotate as part-time anchors every day, with a monthly salary of only 15 yuan per person.
In addition, several radio talents were recruited. These students took the initiative and asked not to be paid. Anyway, they just borrowed the equipment of the radio station to practice their skills. Each one was more enthusiastic than the other.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Hexuan rented recording equipment, went to the crosstalk garden to record crosstalk, went to the theater to record Peking opera, and also made many Chinese and foreign records.
While Zhou Hexuan was busy preparing for the radio station, the book "Guns, Germs and Steel" continued to ferment.
People complain about it, but many literati and scholars nowadays still attach great importance to this book.
Even Lu Xun, who scolded Zhou Hexuan the most, flipped through the first ten thousand words and read it over and over. This book opened his eyes. Many questions that he had never thought about before were suddenly placed in front of him like a dazzling array of products in a display window.
Those who felt the greatest shock were those scholars of the Republic of China who studied anthropology and sociology.
Li Hanjing, a professor at Yenching University, had just returned from a rural social survey in Ding County. After reading "Guns, Germs and Steel", he didn't even bother to write his own social survey paper, so he rushed to the principal Leighton Stuart: "
Mr. Stuart, have you read this book?"
Leighton Stuart was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I was about to read."
"This is a masterpiece of human sociology. Once published in Europe and the United States, it will surely cause a sensation all over the world. The views presented in the book have never been thought of by previous generations and are enough to create a discipline branch of anthropology." Li Hanjing said excitedly.
"Really that powerful?" Stuart asked in surprise.
"It's more than amazing," Li Hanjing highly praised Zhou Hexuan. "I have studied abroad in Columbia and the University of California for many years, and I have never seen such an outstanding work on human sociology. It is enough to stand out from all similar works in the world."
"Oh, wow," Stuart couldn't help but speak English and said with a smile, "hearing what you said, I can't wait to read it."
Li Hanjing said: "Mr. President, I heard that Zhou Hexuan lives in Tianjin. Why not hire him to be the head of the Department of Sociology at Yenching University? With him in charge of the Department of Sociology at Yenching University, the academic level of the Department of Sociology will be greatly improved.
"
Stuart smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't you know his identity?"
"What's your identity?" Li Hanjing was busy doing social surveys all day long and didn't know much about Zhou Hexuan's situation.
Stuart Leighton said: "He is the president of Peking University, how could he come to Yanda to be the department chair?"
"Ah?" Li Hanjing said in surprise, "Isn't the president of Peking University Cai Yuanpei, and the acting president Jiang Menglin?"
Leighton Stuart was speechless for a moment and said with a smile: "Professor Li, you should read more newspapers."
Li Hanjing scratched his head and said: "Principal, I suggest that Yanda should set up a subject specifically for "Guns, Bacteria and Steel", at least as a minor subject. For teachers and students who study anthropology and sociology, this book
They are all must-sees.”
Leighton Stuart pondered for a moment, and finally expressed his stance: "I'll wait until I finish reading this book first."
"Okay, I'll leave first." Li Hanjing was still busy writing a social survey paper.
Leighton Stuart opened the book. There were not many professional terms in this book, and ordinary people could understand it. Leighton Stuart only read the first 100,000 words, and he was already astonished by Zhou Hexuan, and he immediately called the director of the Department of Social Studies of Yanda University.
Come: "Starting from next semester, I have decided to make "Guns, Germs and Steel" a required course in the sociology department. You go and make arrangements!"
Zhou Hexuan was a troubled college student in the Republic of China. Not only did Yan University make "Guns, Bacteria and Steel" a required course, Tsinghua University, Northeastern University, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University... and other public and private schools in the north and south,
In the next few years, this book will be listed as a required subject in the departments of anthropology and sociology.
Although Peking University did not have a dedicated department of anthropology or sociology at this time, it did have related disciplines and also selected the new works of their president.
"Guns, Germs and Steel" was criticized by democrats, but in the following years, it gradually became a classic work of Chinese anthropology and sociology. Even after it was published in Europe and the United States, Oxford, Cambridge, Paris,
Internationally renowned universities such as Harvard also list this book as an elective or required course.
In the 1990s, a student majoring in human sociology at Oxford University once joked: "You don't have to know the British Prime Minister, but you must know Mr. Zhou Hexuan."
While the European and American circles regard this book as a classic, it has also caused a lot of controversy. For example, the various data and materials given in the book have been criticized by scholars as having no professional basis. However, after many international academic exchanges, it has gradually emerged that many
There is archaeological evidence.
Of course, there are still more than a dozen places where people today are unable to distinguish the authenticity from the false, and thus have conducted decades-long research on them. Many scholars have devoted their lives to the study of "Guns, Germs and Steel", and related works in Europe and the United States
Professional students also often intercept parts of books.
Through the joint efforts of countless scholars, "Guns, Germs and Steel" actually spawned a brand new branch of discipline called "historical anthropology (Torit1ogy)".
Later scholars generally believe that the pioneering work is "The Miracle Kings" written by Mark Bullock in 1924, and the real foundation work is "Guns and Guns" written by Zhou Hexuan in 1928.
, Bacteria and Steel".
From the 1970s to the 1970s, it was a period of exploration of human history. In order to develop this discipline, the French Annales School of History conducted in-depth research in many aspects and gradually improved the theoretical basis of the discipline. It was not until 1967 that Braudel published "Material"
"Civilization and Capital Civilization", this book has become another masterpiece of historical anthropology, announcing the final shape of historical anthropology.
After the 1970s, historical anthropology developed rapidly in many countries in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union, and Zhou Hexuan was considered a master of the school.
The encyclopedia information of Zhou Hexuan in the 21st century also has a dazzling prefix title: Founder of Historical Anthropology.8
