8岁入塾,习经、史、子书,后加日文、英文,周一良对日本史和亚洲史造诣尤深,1949年以前曾讲授日本史;建国后,创设亚洲各国史课程,培养了一批亚洲史及日本史的教学和研究人才。 He studied Japanese history and Asian history especially in Japanese, English and Japanese. He taught Japanese history before 1949. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he established the history courses in Asian countries and trained one Teaching and researching talents in Asian history and Japanese history.