从王桐龄《中国民族史》谈起——我国30年代三本《中国民族史》的比较研究

On Wang Tong-ling's History of Ethnicity in China: A Comparisonof Three Books of History of Ethnicity in China in the 1930s

中国的国家观念和族群关系在“鸦片战争”后经历了一个急剧变化和不断调整的过程。在这样一个历史背景下 ,我国学者对于如何系统地理解和分析几千年来中国各个族群之间的关系发展史也进行了研究与探讨 ,出版于上世纪 30年代的三部《中国民族史》可以说是那个时期中国学者的代表性研究成果。其中王桐龄的《中国民族史》试图以族际交往和族际融合为主线来贯穿中华民族整个族群关系演变历史 ,对于我们理解中华民族大家庭的形成过程具有特殊的意义。上世纪 6 0年代以来在西方学术界发展起来的族群社会学 ,其主要研究视角即是以族群关系为核心。族群社会学在中国也正处于发展之中 ,在研究分析中国族群关系发展史时 ,这三部民族关系史是重要的参考文献。文章以王桐龄书为主线 。

The nation and ethnic relations in China have experienced a rapidly changing and adjusting period after the “Opium War”. Under such a historical background, Chinese scholars tried to explain the relationship among ethnic groups in China in the past. Three books published in the 30s of the last century represent the studies at that time. Wang Tong-ling's !History of Ethnicity in China' (1934) tried to understand and analyze the history of ethnicity through the process of contact, assimilation, and integration among these groups. This approach has a special meaning in developing sociology of ethnicity in today's China. These three books are valuable reference and provide insights in understanding ethnicity in China.