How to evaluate Guo Moruo?

Guo Moruo is a cultural giant in the history of China in the 20th century. After the May 4th Movement, few people have made achievements in many aspects like Guo Moruo, and they can be described as wizards. Guo Moruo has made brilliant and great achievements in several academic fields, especially in the history of China's poetry, the ancient history of China and the study of ancient Chinese characters. In recent years, especially in recent years, some criticisms of Guo Moruo are in line with the facts and some are distorted. The emergence of criticism and new ideas is the expression of social progress. Generally speaking, it will promote academic progress and cultural development. Normal academic environment should have criticism and counter-criticism. However, in the reflection on Guo Moruo, some articles and scholars adopted a frivolous attitude, which is incorrect. We should pay attention to studying him with a scientific attitude.

Guo Moruo is an unavoidable and indelible figure in the history of Chinese historiography in the 20th century. His lofty academic status is determined by his outstanding contributions. Scholars with high attainments in history, archaeology, ancient philology, antiquities, literature, art and so on. There were few scholars of China history in the 20th century, and even fewer before the 20th century. The "reflection" on Guo Moruo actually involves how to understand the cultural development path of China in the 20th century, that is, what is the outstanding cultural heritage in the 20th century and what is the cultural development direction of China in the 2nd/kloc-0th century. The evaluation of Guo Moruo should be like the evaluation of any historical figure, adhere to scientific theory and methodology, adhere to the principle of "knowing people and discussing the world", and should not be divorced from certain historical conditions, but should focus on revealing the essence and mainstream. If the positions of the mainstream and tributaries are reversed, the tributaries are infinitely exaggerated, and even vilified and abused, it will deviate from the principles and methods that should be used to evaluate historical figures; This is the same as the practice of infinitely touting a historical figure, which is not desirable.