阎宗临的中西交往史研究再探

Yan Zonglin's Research on the History of Communication between China and the West

阎宗临的中西交往史研究以1949年为界,可分为前后两个时期。他前期的研究主要关注传教士对华交往的历史,强调多元文化互动交流是历史演进的重要推动力,树立了研究中西交往史的一种文化范式。他后期的研究注重以唯物史观为指导,主要关注中亚在古代亚欧大陆政治、经济、文化交流中的作用,强调了物流、阶级斗争等因素对欧亚大陆历史发展的影响。虽然阎宗临先生前后两阶段的中西交往史研究侧重点差异很大,但其研究恰为我们理解丝绸之路的历史及现实问题提供了一种更加全面的参照。

Yan Zonglin's research on the history of communication between China and the West could be divided into two stages. Before 1949,he focused mainly on missionaries contacting with China,emphasized that multicultural interaction was an important driving force of historical evolution,and set up a cultural paradigm on the study of the history of communication between China and the West. After 1949,his research was guided by the historical materialism. He paid more attention to the role of Central Asia in political,economic and cultural communication in ancient Eurasia,and explored how the logistics and the class struggle affected the historical development of Eurasia. Although the characteristics of his research in the two stages were totally different,his research could provide a more comprehensive and beneficial reference for us to study the Silk Road's history and reality.