The “Life” and “Spirit” of Beijing's Academy——On the Book of The History of Beijing's Academy by Professor Zhao Lianwen

The book The History of Beijing's Academy wrote by Zhao Lianwen jumps out of the thinking of preference about Beijing's academy for the macroscopic historical research，and instead，the culture and small-scale perspective research has made outstanding achievements.Zhao Lianwen takes the daily life and operation of the academy as the focus and is concerned for the important influence from the social change and the culture development upon the academy，which provides a new way for academy research.The History of Beijing's Academy combines the academy development and historical context close，through which not only can the impact of politics，culture，military，economy，etc.on the academy be seen，but also the historical details besides the grand narratives be discovered.The study of the historical destiny of Beijing's academy is notonly a summary of the significance of the academy to the social and cultural deveopment，but also an analysis of the historical role of the academy and its value to the current Chinese education.