―― Reflections on Forbes Chinese mainland Rich List.

Among the majors in colleges and universities in China, the history department is probably one of the most traditional, unpopular and unpopular departments. In recent years, during the college entrance examination, students have applied for computer, finance and trade, finance and other fashionable and popular majors. Some have no choice but to be admitted to the history department and try their best to transfer to other majors. The reason is obvious. History graduates are not popular. They either become teachers, engage in scientific research, or simply change careers.

However, I had the same idea then, but in recent years I have gradually seen the value of the history department. I was a law student at Hangzhou University in my early years, and I have always been a little self-righteous. However, most of the liberal arts graduates who graduated in the same batch were history students who were leaders of party and government organs or presidents of colleges and universities, and some even held important positions in central state organs and provincial and municipal organs. Among the students who graduated with me at the same time, Ms. Wang Xufeng, the history department of Hangzhou University, became a famous female writer in China literary world and the only winner of Mao Dun Literature Prize in Zhejiang Province. And Wang Wanfu, a young writer whose fame has gradually increased recently. It is said that he is also a student in the history department of Hangzhou University. The Taste of the Organ is listed as one of the representative works of China officialdom literature, and Wang is called "the representative writer of contemporary China officialdom literature" by Canadian Longyuan International Book Network and Jinghua Times. The history department, which is regarded as an "antique line", has unexpectedly produced a writer, which surprised all the talents in the Chinese department.

The fun is yet to come. Recently, the "2002 Forbes Chinese mainland Rich List" was hyped by the major media in China, and the academic qualifications announced by the rich people were even more surprising. Among the 13 rich people selected in Zhejiang, there are actually two graduates from the history department of Hangzhou University-one is Zhou Qingzhi, the boss of Du Nan Group, and the other is Song Weiping, the boss of Greentown Group. Two business tycoons were selected on Forbes list, which further increased the value of history students.

Why does the obscure history department have so many talents, and how can it dominate politics, literature and art, and business? This phenomenon is really thought-provoking

In fact, the history department seems to be an "old paper pile" department, but in essence it is an interdisciplinary "all-round" department and a "pioneer" department of quality education. After four years of college and 20 years of working career, I deeply feel that our university majors are too divided. Law is law, philosophy is philosophy, and Chinese is Chinese. The more you learn, the more you learn-law is a certain kind of law, philosophy is a certain school of philosophy, and Chinese is also a language at a certain stage, and other science and engineering subjects are more sophisticated. However, the history department is not. China has been "separating literature from history" since ancient times, which is actually "separating literature from history and philosophy". History books, including history, Chinese, philosophy and other disciplines, are really profound. An excellent history student has traveled many subjects unconsciously and gained more extensive knowledge than other students. In addition, after graduating from college, students from other departments are more likely to be assigned, while students from history departments are often left out in the cold and assigned to work in universities, news media and party and government organs. The combination of extensive knowledge and fresh working environment has exercised their talents and thinking ability. After graduating from the history department, writer Wang Xufeng worked as a newspaper reporter, kindergarten teacher and museum commentator until he won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, which attracted thousands of people's attention. At that time, Wang Wanfu, a gifted scholar in the history department of Hangzhou University, was actually assigned to a farm in the rural area of western Zhejiang, and then transferred to the county authorities, 10. It is precisely because he knows the changes in the temperature of the grassroots people and knows the officialdom like the back of his hand that he writes the officialdom novels beautifully and vividly. After graduating from the Department of History, Zhou Qingzhi worked as a policy researcher in Wenzhou Municipal Government for 10 years, then went to the south to engage in electronic products and oil trade, and returned to Hangzhou to engage in real estate development after winning the first pot of gold. Now his Du Nan Group was listed in Singapore the year before last, with 0/500 employees, a futures investment company and six expressways. Song Weiping, the boss of Greentown Group, which is famous for its football team in China, worked as a teacher for six years after graduating from the history department, then traveled to the south and went to Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing to engage in real estate business. Last year, his sales revenue reached 1. 1 billion dollars.

It is undoubtedly a good thing that the history department is full of talents. It enlightens us that college education should not be divided too much, and we should try to feed more "coarse grains" and less "flour and rice", otherwise it will easily lead to malnutrition. In addition, you can't "hang yourself from a tree" after graduation. Recently, I heard that Fudan University students can choose their major for the second time after entering school. Universities in other places are also trying to choose a major after enrolling students. I believe this educational model will be more conducive to the cultivation of talents, and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation also needs a large number of compound talents.