※何謂歷史 History is a record of mans activities after he learned to write. But these records are not always a true statement of the position at a given time. Writers recorded what interested them, often within a very limited circle. They tended to include facts in accordance with their outlook and to leave out facts that did not harmonise with their outlook. A recent example of this is the diverse and often contradictory histories (particularly by the participants) of the second world war. Thus a good deal that has passed as history contains some fantasy. E. H. Carr defined history as "the study of man and his environment, of the effects of man on his environment and of the environment on man". This is a fair definition if one remembers that man's environment is mainly social.----by Dr. Glasgow Branch.