20世纪中国史学界对历史规律问题的探讨

An Investigation of 20^( th) Century Chinese Historiography in the Studies of Historical Pattern

20世纪中国历史学界对历史规律性问题进行了长期反复的争论。人们对历史规律的研究主要有两种 ,一种是社会发展史意义的规律 ,一种是历史认识论意义的规律。长期以来 ,绝大多数人把五种生产方式的演进当作历史规律的主要形式。近年来一些学者反思过去研究中的简单化倾向 ,对历史规律的研究开始进入到历史认识论的层面 ,对规律的理解日益深入和具体。

A longstanding and recurrent debate was held in the field of 20 th century Chinese historiography on whether there exist regular patterns in the development of human history.Most scholars believe that regular patterns can be identified while others negate their existence.Marxist historiography would take it as its object to investigate the regular patterns of history.There are usually two ways in the studies of historical patterns:one is the pattern of historical developmental significance;the other is the pattern of historical epistemological significance.For a long time,many people would take the development of the five modes of production as the main pattern of historical development.Recent years some scholars find that it is oversimplified to do so and they begin to dig their way into the area of historical epistemology for a better and clearer understanding of the patterns of historical development.