顾颉刚与民国时期的边政研究

Gu Jie-gang and Frontier Politics Studies in the period of Republic of China

顾颉刚是民国时期边政学潮流中一位贯穿始终的中心人物。他本是个有着学问嗜好的古史研究者,倡导并参与边政研究,既有其学术旨趣转移和一直关注中华民族前途的内在原因,也有国家时局变迁及个人境遇改变的外在动因。他对边政研究的倡导及对边疆问题的研究,在当时学界有着较为广泛的影响。中华民族的统一性和整体性即使不是历史的事实,也必然是未来的目标,这是顾颉刚倡导和参与边政研究的主要动力。

Gu Jie-gang was a key person in the trend of frontier politics studies in the Republic of China. As a scholarship studies on the ancient history just for hobby, his advocacy and participation in frontier political research was because of the intrinsic motivation which lie in the academic interest transfer and concerned about the underlying causes for the future of the Chinese nation, also with the current political situation and personal circumstances changedas the external motivations. His advocacy and researchon frontier politicsstudies had awider academic influence. The coherence and unification of the Chinese Nation must be the next target even if it isnot a hiszorical fact; this is whose major driving force for advocacy and participation in political studies.