论萧一山的史学成就与特色

Xiao Yishan’s historical Studies: Achievements and Features

萧一山为我国近代新史学的发展作出了重大贡献。他穷毕生精力完成了一部 40 0万字的巨著———《清代通史》 ,有极高的学术价值 ;对中国历史有自己的创见 ,搜集整理了一大批珍贵的太平天国史料 ;提倡用“博”、“约”、“通”三步骤研究历史。萧一山的史学思想和实践具有文化理想、民族主义、经世之志三大特色。他是民国史学界不偏于疑古、考古、释古而三者并重的史学家。

Xiao Yishan have made a great contribution to the development of our country’s mordern history. He devoted his life time to the writing of a great book——“General History of the Qing dynasty”,a book of 400 million words and very high academic value. Xiao Yishan developped his own unique opinions about Chinese history and he collected and sorted out a large quantity of valuable historical materials about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He advocated a new “three-step”approach to history studying:comprehensive, concise and elegant. Xiao Yishan’s historical opinions and practice was characterized by the cultural ideal, nationalism and lofty aspiration. He was an outstanding historian of the Republic of China (1912-1949),who placed equal importance on questioning history, studying history and explaininghistory.