历史研究的系统观和方法论——对廖胜先生史学著述《妇女与太平天国社会》的一种阐释

The System View and Methodology for Historical Research——An interpretation on "Women and the society of Taipin heavenly Kingdom" of Mr. Liao Sheng

《妇女与太平天国社会》一书,以太平天国是否实行男女平等政策,有没有形成妇女解放运动为研究主旨,对洪秀全的妇女思想、太平天国妇女的精神风貌,以及太平天国妇女在政治、军事、经济、社会生活等各个领域中的活动,作了翔实具体的考察,系统、全面地叙析了妇女的历史命运,成为新中国成立后第一部关于太平天国妇女与社会的研究专著。该书在谋篇布局上,采取纵横结合的分析框架,比较好地适合论旨要求;在研究方法上,采用历史学和社会学、宗教学、民俗学等多学科结合的方法,对太平天国妇女作多角度、多层次的研究,使全书在整体上显得丰满而有深度。资料丰富,评论客观公允。不失为太平天国史研究的一部好书。

The book ＂Woman and the society of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ＂ , from the implement of the equality of the sexes policy in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Takes the women＇s liberation movement as the research primary intention, focused on Hong Xiuchuan＇s woman thinking that and woman＇s spiritual outlook as well as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom woman in politics, the military, the economy, social life and each domain＇s activity, made the full and accurate concrete inspection with the system and narrated comprehensively analyzing woman＇s historical destiny, it is the first research monograph about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom＇s woman and society after new China was established. The structure of this book adopts analysis frame which vertically and horizontally unifies, compared with suits the purport request well;, using the history and the sociology, the religious study, the ethnology and so on multi -disciplinary union methods in the research technique, makes the multiple perspectives, the multi - level research to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom woman, causes the entire book appears the whole plentiful and depth. The material is rich, commentary is objective. It is a good book of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom history research.