山西洪洞大槐树移民问题研究的回顾与思考

An At-the-Turn-of-Century Review and Investigation into the Migration Issue of the Big Pagoda Tree in Hongtong, Shanxi

20世纪有关山西洪洞大槐树移民问题的研究代表了传统移民史研究的取向,研究的重点主要集中在对移民的原因、经过、路线、规模、影响等问题的探讨。进入21世纪,受后现代史学理论以及社会史研究方法的启发,有学者开始摆脱传统移民史研究的取向,尝试从一些新颖的角度、带着明确的问题意识对大槐树移民问题进行研究:从关注“人口迁移”这个动态的客观过程到关注“移民”这一主体生命本身及其背后的思想、文化过程。通过研究者及其作品背后暗含的问题意识,可以对百年来洪洞大槐树移民问题的研究进行梳理和分类。从学术思想史的脉络看,洪洞大槐树移民不仅仅是一个移民问题,更是一个重要的文化现象。

During the 20th century, the research concerning the Migration Issues of the big pagoda tree in Hongtong, Shanxi, is basically characterized by traditional approaches, which are chiefly focused on such topics as the cause, process, routine, scale and influence of the migration. At the beginning of 21st century, inspired by the post-modern historical theory and social history methods, some scholars shifted from traditional research to some creative and original investigations into the Migration Issue of the big pagoda tree In brief, the focus is now on the subject of migration in itself and the process of philosophical and cultural evolution, instead of the previous dynamic and objective process of migration. This thesis makes attempts to sort out the research concerning the Migration Issue of the big pagoda tree during the last century, by making a reference to the consciousness of the researchers and their findings. At the same time, the thesis puts forward some original conclusions about the migrant history, which are based on the skeleton of academic history of ideas.