Tong Shuye and Historical Materialism in the Republic of China
During the Republic of China period,Tong Shuye,as a member of the historical materials school,was influ-enced by Chen Duxiu and Guo Moruo.From the beginning of academic research,he paid great attention to the materialist histo-riography of history.In addition,Tong Shuye's views on historical materialism are also partially influenced by Fu Anhua.On the one hand,Tong Shuye criticizes the errors in the textual research of the materialist historiography,believing that it has the drawback of being formulaic first.On the other hand,he uses the economic factors,coherent theories,and dialectics in the ma-terialist historiography to explain Chinese and foreign history,attempting to lead the realization of a learning style that empha-sizes both textual research and theory.From a vertical perspective,Tong Shuye's understanding of historical materialism has gone through a process of continuous deepening and enrichment.After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan,Tong Shuye proposed that the academic trend gradually shifted from external textual research to internal exploration of truth,with a profound historical perspective.
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