论吕思勉史学的学术风格——以吕氏通史著作为例

On the Academic Style of LV Si-mian——Taking his General History of China as an Example

吕思勉的学术风格,通过他的通史著作可以归总为两点:一是古今通贯、内容周瞻,吕思勉以"通人之学"作史,冀合众事而观其会通,基本上做到了通贯各时代,周瞻各领域。二是综核名实,吕思勉认为学问在空间,而不在纸上,其治学"颇能将当世之事,与历史上之事实互勘,而不为表面的记载所囿",形成了平实冷峻的著述特色。

General history of China shows two main academic style of Lv Simian~ historical study. The first one is that the wide ranging contents of this book concern both the ancient and modern times. LV Si mian did histori cal study combining knowledge in different fields and nearly all dynasties. The second one is the fact oriented way of historical research. He thought that knowledge does not lie on the paper but on the developing course of the whole society. Thus in historical study, he could ＂collate historical classics in the light of historical facts, rather than be confined to some written records＂, which contributes to the objective feature of his works.