论周谷城对史学的贡献

On Zhou Gucheng's Contribution to History

周谷城是20世纪卓有成就的革命家和学者,他对史学的贡献尤为突出。他不仅提出了独具特色的史学理论和方法论,即"历史完形论",为史学研究开创了新理论、新思路、新理念,而且在中国历史和世界历史的研究领域都取得了巨大成就;他的《中国通史》和《世界通史》成为史学研究的两座丰碑。周谷城还以大量的史学著作和在长达半个多世纪的史学教育中,为中国史学培养了一代又一代的史学英才。

Zhou Gucheng was great revolutionary and scholar in the 20th century with rich achievement, who made great contribution to history research. He put forward not only that the historical theory and methodology i.e. On historical completion which opened up the research work of new theory, new thinking and new theoretical concept, but also that the had made great achievement. His works of Universal History of China and Universal History of the World had been two monuments of historical research. He had a lot of historical works and taught history in higher-learning institutions over half century and developed many historical talents from generation to generation.