Lin Tongqi Collection - Record of Humanistic Search

Author: Lin Tongqi
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Not every historian is fortunate enough to have their work receive insightful and thorough analysis, and beyond that, it is rare to see these works examined appropriately and persuasively within the broader historical thought of their time. Historians themselves, of course, cannot achieve this. To do so requires not only an outsider's perspective but, if possible, also an insider's empathetic understanding. And Lin Tongqi is the ideal person to do this for me. Among contemporary scholars, he may be the one who best embodies the advantage of combining both an outsider's and an insider's perspectives.—Paul A. Cohen
He has a deep passion for intellectual exploration. For him, it seems difficult to stop thinking, to cease refining his thoughts. Mr. Lin seems to focus more on the act of thinking itself than on publishing his ideas. Mr. Lin's relentless intellectual teaching: "To know what you know and what you do not know is true knowledge." Although he is knowledgeable in many areas, he writes with great caution, never venturing beyond his own expertise.—Lin Weiming
Your paper accurately, meticulously, and profoundly grasps the issue, demonstrating your intellectual and academic prowess. Some theorists in our circle possess only a black-and-white, linear way of thinking, which prevents them from revealing the truth of the matter or writing articles with depth. I hope your work can inspire our intellectual community, exert a beneficial influence on some scholars, and be read with care and reflection.—Wang Yuanhua to Lin Tongqi