What is the method of evaluating historical figures?

Methods of evaluating historical figures:

1. To put historical figures in the background of the "times" at that time, we can't ask the ancients by today's standards.

2. It is necessary to comprehensively analyze the merits and demerits of historical figures and divide them into two parts to avoid absolutization. No absolute affirmation or negation can lead to a correct conclusion.

We should have a comprehensive understanding of all the cases of this character, and we can't cover everything from point to point.

We should combine history with theory, and should not draw empty conclusions. We must first describe the historical basis. Then draw a conclusion and make it reasonable.

5. There should be a correct evaluation standard to evaluate whether its historical activities promote or hinder its historical development, or whether its personal quality is superior or inferior. However, the activities of many historical figures are full of contradictions. We should look at their mainstream (main aspects) and make an objective and fair evaluation according to the mainstream.

Extended data:

Evaluation principles of historical figures:

1. Dichotomy principle: Everything has two sides, that is, progress and backwardness, positive and negative, success and failure, advantages and disadvantages ... outstanding historical figures are no exception, and no one is perfect. Therefore, when evaluating outstanding figures, we should also adhere to the dichotomy and make dialectical analysis.

2. The principle of the times: this principle is to treat and evaluate historical figures and put them in the specific historical era. This particular background is a big stage for the activities of historical figures, and what historical figures do cannot surpass his era. For example, the evaluation of Shang Yang is mainly based on the historical facts of his positive political reform, and the result of his political reform is to establish a feudal system in Qin State and make it strong.

3. Class principle: Most historical figures live in a class society, so when evaluating historical figures, the basic requirement of Marxism is not to stay on personal motives, but to profoundly reveal the class interests and specific ethnic relations environment they represent.

4. The combination of history and theory, the theory comes from history: students must express their views after defining the evaluation criteria and principles, and must achieve "the combination of history and theory, and the theory comes from history". That is to say, the evaluation of historical figures must be based on historical facts or specific historical materials, so as to draw corresponding views, which can neither be subjective, groundless, nor pile up materials and historical facts.

Historical figures refer to people who have played an important role in historical development, left footprints in the long river of history, recorded in history and promoted human history.

Evaluating historical figures is an important content of studying history and social science, which is proved by archaeological evidence. A brief summary of history: it is not difficult for historical figures to understand things that played an important role in social development before, and of course they are the people who played a leading role in these events. Historical figures are important elements of history, and there are many historical elements, such as time, place, people and events. If we only talk about things, people are very important elements in things.

Reference link:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Historical Figures (Historical Terms)