“中国史学理论不发达”刍议

学术界不少人为中国史学缺少系统的理论建树而感到遗憾。其实这是从以西学为蓝本的现代学术视角而论中国固有之史学的,其中不乏西方中心论的印迹。西方史学之富有理论源于其形而上学的学术传统与逻辑(实质)主义的运思理路,而汉语文思考的非逻辑主义(或曰历史主义)使其不离事而言理,即体用不二,道器合一,史学重在述事、征实与会通,这与西方史学追求确定性知识的探究形成鲜明对照。因此,从理论的角度去看传统中国史学的贯通性思考,并不一定就是一个恰适的视角。

On the Statement that "Theory on Chinese History is not Advanced"

In the academic circle,many people feel sorry for the lack of a systematic theory in Chinese historiography.In fact,it is from modern western academic angle to evaluate Chinese inherent historiography so a trace of western-oriented theory can be discerned.Western historiography originates from its metaphysical academic tradition and logicism while Chinese non-logicism or historicism make comments according to certain affairs and focuses on narrating,verifying and understanding,which is strikingly different from western historiography,which seeks for the study of fixed knowledge.Therefore,it is not always an appropriate angle to evaluate traditional Chinese historiography from a theoretical viewpoint.