“人有理想,总要表现出来,真实地或实际地表现出来者,就是历史的陈迹。”这是我的祖父在他的著作《史学与美学》中写的序言。祖父生在1898年,在他一生漫长的99年历程中,他经历了漫长人生的沧桑和世故,目睹了国家的衰亡与兴盛,他亲身参与了许多中国近现代史上的重大历史事件,可以说他本人的经历就是一部历史。祖父生前喜欢谈论理想,在他执教70周年的时候,曾把自己毕生所从事的事业和所追求的理想总结为:“教学,研究,反帝,爱国”。祖父一生命运多舛祖父毕生教书育人,他曾先后在湖南长沙省立第一师范、中山大学、暨南大学和复旦大学教授社会学和历史学。他曾说过“教书是我一生的职业”。在他会见许多国外来宾,相互交换名片时,总是指着名片上的“复旦大学历史系教授”这一行字,介绍说:“这是我最重要的职务。”这也一直是他引以自豪的职业。祖父一生著作颇丰,总计十余种,涉及社会科学的各个方面。他最早的作品是21岁在北京高等师范学堂求学时写作的《生活系统》,他最后一次提笔撰写学术论文是92岁时为参加 “This is the preface that my grandfather wrote in his book, History and Aesthetics. Grandfather was born in 1898, during his long 99 years of life, he experienced a long life vicissitudes and sophisticated, witnessed the decline and prosperity of the country, he personally participated in many of the major historical events in modern and modern history, it can be said His own experience is a history. In his lifetime, his grandfather loved to talk about his ideal. When he was teaching for the 70th anniversary, he summed up his career and pursuit as his ideal: ”Teaching, Research, Anti-Imperialism and Patriotism.“ His grandfather’s life and more 舛 grandfather life teaching and educating people, he has successively Changsha Hunan province first teacher, Zhongshan University, Jinan University and Fudan University professor of sociology and history. He once said ”Teaching is my career “. When he meets many foreign guests and exchanging business cards, he always refers to the card ”Fudan University professor of history“ and says: ”This is my most important position.“ He is proud of his profession. His grandfather’s lifelong writings, a total of more than ten species, involving all aspects of social sciences. His earliest work was ”Living System", which he wrote at the age of 21 when he studied at Beijing Normal Normal School. He wrote a dissertation last time at the age of 92