After studying in Tsinghua for 7 years, Zhang Yinlin is famous for his outstanding talents in history, scholarship and scholarship, and he is also called "four outstanding artists of the College of Arts" with Qian Zhongshu, Wu Han and Xia Nai. He has published more than 40 papers and academic papers in Xue Heng, Journal of Tsinghua, Oriental Magazine, Yanjing Magazine, Literature and History Magazine and Chinese Weekly, and won the praise of historians at that time. 1929, Tsinghua University graduated with honors. 1998, he received public funds to study the history of western philosophy and sociology at Stanford University. I studied abroad for 4 years, completed the required courses, and returned to China before the expiration of the term, and obtained a doctorate in philosophy.

1934, at the invitation of Tsinghua University, he returned to China as a full-time lecturer in the departments of history and philosophy, and concurrently served as a professor in the departments of history and philosophy in Peking University. 1935 In April, he married Zhu Hui, the daughter of Lun Ming. After the summer vacation, I was hired by the Ministry of Education to compile a history textbook for senior high schools: China History Outline. Although it is compiled for high school, its skills and knowledge have not been slightly reduced. However, it is a masterpiece in the history of China, which is called "the highest expression and concrete crystallization of his personality, knowledge and thoughts" by Mr. He Lin. His book "has sincere and touching enthusiasm and promotes social welfare."

1937 during the lugouqiao incident, he went south to give lectures at Zhejiang university, and once taught at Changsha temporary university, which was merged by Tsinghua, Peking university and Nankai university. 1938 Shilong stayed in school in the spring, and then went to teach in Kunming National The National SouthWest Associated University. At the beginning of 1939, he was hired as a consultant by the Political Department of Chongqing Military Commission. He wants to contribute to the Anti-Japanese War, and he doesn't want to be a consultant. He just said, thinking it was nothing, he left without saying goodbye and went back to teach at the General Assembly. /kloc-transferred to Zhejiang university to teach at the beginning of 0/940. That year, his monograph "Outline of China's History" (Ancient Edition) was published by Chongqing Youth Bookstore. Zhang Yinlin used to be a researcher of the National Defense Design Committee and the editor-in-chief of the Collection of Social and Economic History of China, Institute of Social Sciences, Academia Sinica. 194 1 year participated in publishing the monthly magazine Time and Thought, and founded Time and Thought Society. Some students were persecuted by the authorities, so he stepped forward to protect them. He suffers from kidney inflammation, and his condition has deteriorated due to lack of medical care. 19421died in Zunyi on October 24th at the age of 37.

Although Zhang Yinlin died young, academics familiar with him, including Liang Rengong, He Lin and Wu Han, praised him as a rare historical genius. Xiong Shili once said, "Mr Zhang Yinlin is a historian and a philosopher. I don't know what his great ideas are, but they haven't been explained yet. However, it is a science, and its scale is far-reaching. If he doesn't keep a word, he will be praised by the sages. " He also said: "The philosophers in the last season and the next season are both progressive in philosophy and history. Due to the death of Mr. Lin Yin, I was impressed by its scale or no successor. " (Xiong Shili: "Philosophy and History-Mourning for Mr. Zhang Yinlin") It is unique to comment on a contemporary scholar who died young and was twenty years younger than himself with the character characteristics of Xiong. Zhang Yisheng wrote a lot, scattered in newspapers and magazines, with hundreds of thousands of words. Among them, Collected Works of Zhang Yinlin and Outline of China History were reprinted by Beijing Sanlian Bookstore 1955. When reading his book, there will be a sigh of "Wes, who are we taking home?"

After his death, Thought and Times magazine published a special issue in memory of him. Kunyou also held a memorial service, Ta Kung Pao published a memorial article, and Wang Yunsheng and Zhang Qiyun published a memorial article. Wu Han, He Lin, Feng Youlan and others also planned to set up a Zhang Yinlin Memorial Scholarship in Tsinghua, but it failed because of the devaluation of the currency. His historical theory remains were edited by friends of Zhejiang University into Principles of General History, which was not published. Taipei 1953 published a book "On Historical Philosophy", which is very light. Zhejiang University also put away his Essays on Song History and compiled them into Essays on Song History, which did not come out. During his lifetime, he wrote three books: Historical Research Law, A New Compilation of the History of the Song Dynasty, and A History of China's Political Philosophy, all of which died before the opening. There are three kinds of anthologies compiled by later generations: anthologies, published by Taipei Chinese Series Committee 1956, edited by Lun; Collected Works of Mr. Zhang Yinlin, published by Jiu Si Publishing House 1977, edited by Li Yushu; Collected Works of Zhang Yinlin, published by Beijing Education Science Press 1993, edited by Zhang Yuntai.

Zhang Yinlin has many accomplishments, including philosophy, ethics, sociology, politics and translation. Apart from historiography, it covers a wide range, has a strong generality, is knowledgeable, is full of modern critical spirit, has a large scale and is excellent in Yobo. So Xie Youwei, a famous scholar, said that he had at least four specialized subjects: history, Chinese studies, philosophy and sociology. His advantage lies in the integration of these aspects. The combination of ancient talents, learning, knowledge and morality with modern humanistic methods and critical analysis ability is reflected in him.