钱穆“新史学”思想解析

Analysis and Interpretation on Qian Mu's“New Historiography”

20世纪上半期,"新史学"代表了一种强势话语。抗战期间,钱穆发表《国史大纲》等系列著作,亦自称新史学。钱穆所说的新史学,实即适宜抗战需要的"新通史"。此种"新通史",论其时代归属,系现代新史学的一部分;论其特色和新异,在于它的中国性格,以及它对中国古史传统的继承和发展。与源自欧美的新史学相比,钱穆的"新史学"自本自根,致力于中国史学理论与历史内容、学术风格与历史主体的统一,在抗战期间发挥了外源性的新史学所不可替代的作用。

'New Historiography'represented a strong discourse over the first half of 20 th century. Duringthe Anti-Japanese War, Qian Mu published General Outline of Chinese History and other series ofbooks, and called them the'New Historiography'. Actually it is'new general history'and met thewar's demands. The'new general history'undoubtedly was one part of the contemporary new histori-ography,and its characteristics, which were Chinese style, inherited and developed the tradition of Chi-nese ancient history. Compared with the exogenous historiography from Europe and America, Qian Mu's'New Historiography'was born and brought up locally, and concentrated on uniting China's theoryof historiography and historical content, academic style and history subject, so it played an irreplace-able role during the Anti-Japanese War period.