摘要
早期中国研究中存在诸多有争议的观点。随着时间的流逝,争议还有日益增加的趋势。上述现象的出现,是由于对史料的价值和历史研究的目的这两个涉及历史学本质的问题存在误解。西方学者对于这两点同样存在误解,由此提出的一些认知虽然具有一定的影响力,但也仅仅是一家之言,并没有“超越性”。就目前的研究手段而言,客观主义史学所追求的“历史真相”是难以完全实现的。历史学从本质上是一门以阐释为手段和目的的学科,其目的是基于时代需要,对历史提出阐释,从而影响未来,因此早期中国研究要学习其他学科最新的理论,提出更具说服力的阐释,在中国上古史研究领域确立中国话语权,服务于建设中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的历史学三大体系。
The controversies surrounding research on early China have grown with the passage of time.This is due to a misunderstanding of the value of historical sources and the purpose of historical research,two questions that concern the essence of historiography.Western scholars have misunderstood both of these points,and some of the perceptions thus put forward,although influential,are merely those of one school of thought and are not“transcendent.”The“historical truth”sought by objectivist historiography is difficult to achieve completely with the current research tools.Historiography is essentially a discipline of interpretation as a means and an end.Its aim is to provide an interpretation of history based on the needs of the times,and thus to influence the future.It is therefore important for research on early China to learn from the latest theories of other disciplines,to offer more convincing interpretations,to establish Chinese discourse in researching the field of ancient Chinese history,and to be at the service of the construction of the Three Great Systems of Historiography marked by“Chinese characteristics”and by“Chinese style and Chinese manner.”
出处
《中国社会科学评价》
CSSCI
2022年第3期4-11,157,共9页
China Social Science Review
作者简介
成一农,云南大学历史与档案学院教授(昆明650091)。
