丁宝书及其《蒙学中国历史教科书》

Ding Baoshu and His Textbook of Chinese History for Elementary School

历史研究和历史教学本来是中国传统史学向近代化腾飞的双翼。中国传统史学步入近代门槛,是在清末维新思潮中,以新式中小学堂普及历史教育为契机的。20世纪初,所谓重新编写中国历史,主要是编写历史教科书。响应梁启超建设新史学的号召,丁宝书编写的《蒙学中国历史教科书》,率先构建起新式中国通史的基本框架。成为中国传统史学向近代史学转变的最初突破口。其开创之功,不可埋没。

In modernizing traditional Chinese historiography, both history research and history teachingplayed an important role. Inspired by the ideological trend of reform in the late Qing Dynasty, and tookthe popularization of history teaching in new--style elementary and middle schools as an opportunity,traditional Chinese historiography stepped into the stage of modernization. In early 20th century, the maintask of so- called rewriting of Chinese history was actually the compilation of history textbooks.Responding to Liang Qichao＇s call for construct!ng new historiography, Ding Baoshu compiled the textbookof Chinese History for Elementary School. This textbook took the lead in constructing the basic structureof new general history of China, thus becoming a breakthrough in transforming China＇s conventionalhistoriography into a modern one. This initiative contribution should never be neglected.