On the afternoon of April 6th, prestige professor from Henan University Wang Liqun , gave us a report titled Value of Ancient History at Modern Times in the gymnasium of our university. Professor Wang demonstrated his own experience and feeling in reading and learning history with Philosophic utterance, who also shared his interpretation to history and actively responded to the questions students raised. The report is of great significance for the students in their life.

                                                               Child's Play "with Implicit Great Wisdom
    "Paediatrics to science is like child's play to a grand stage play." Professor Wang shared feelings and experience in giving live report on CCTV, "compared to academic study of history, interpreting history in television is like a child's play to visual feast. Nevertheless, child's play was not so easy to organize well as we had imagined." His earnest warning indicated that whatever major we are in, great accomplishment of that required our persistent, even lifelong efforts.

                                                                      Classification in Historic Strata
    "The simplest and most familiar word is always the most difficult one to define," Professor Wang interpreted the word History. He involved various aspects and strata in defining History, demonstrated as the following three parts:

    I Happened History
    Indicated as the word itself, it refers to the history what happened in the past, characterized with its nature of uniqueness and unrepeatability.

    IIRecorded History
    History of this stratum comprised two parts: written history and relics. Professor Wang pointed out that relics were more typical and reliable of the two, he said, subject to politics, ideology and personal standpoint of author, written history was less objective and loyal to the real history.

    III Diffused History
    Entertaining culture, authority-reflected politics and self interpretation of scientific history are there factors that greatly influence and stick with history in this stratum.

    History interpreted in literary works never means real history, Professor Wang emphasized in his speech. He contended that historical-themed TV plays and movies hardly displayed the real past, for those only demonstrated history in terms of literature. Defined as Consuming History by Professor Wang, it had been modified, even to disjointing extent, which is far away from the real history.

                                                                           Reasons for Eyes on History
    Professor Wang Liqun detailed two reasons for eyes on ancient history at modern times--- unbreakable link between them and the warning and hints ancient history left.

    History is like one's whole life from infancy, youth, mid-life to senium, Professor Wang explained. No one could come to his mid-age period without experiencing his glorious years of his life. Neither could the history be separated from any period or present times. To keep eyes on history is to focus on the present.

    As to the latter point, Professor Wang introduced an inevitably regulation befitting any governments in Chinese history, that no long live monarchy, though some of them staying up for hundreds of years. What can we learn from history is how to get rid of the regulation and enable our system go further.

    Actually, as professor Wang analyzed, two major causes are responsible for the downfall of those monarchies. First, wrong successors were picked to take the thrown, due to the proceeding emperors lacking sufficient acquaintance with their successors. After all, Intelligence genes of a successful governor might not be presented by heredity. Second, the overlap of some government departments complicated its personnel transformation. To trim the structure would definitely impair the interest of some clique who imposed extortionate taxes and harsh levies on ordinary people, causing protest or even rebellions.

                                                     To Identify Oneself----- Toughest Attempt in Our life
    Someone failed to identify himself during his whole life time, though it is quite common, while some one fortunate enough to succeed in this attempt. This was how Professor Wang view this life value, illustrated by the experience of some historical elite, Han Xin and Vicent Van Gogh. It is evident that we are ordinary people, including speaker himself, with no exception of those civil servants shouldering social responsibility. Professor Wang also inculcated us that only would one with right self-identity be prudent in his words and deeds.

    When it comes to the essential factors to identify ourselves, professor Wang explicitly put forwards four points: Strong self-confidence, approval from others, qualified compliment giver and sound body. Times of thundering applause roaring in the hall to extend sincere thanks to Professor Wang for his offering a unique spiritual feast of speech in humorous diction and plain remarks.