北京书院的“前生”与“精神”——读《北京书院史》

The“Life”and“Spirit”of Beijing's Academy——On the Book of The History of Beijing's Academy by Professor Zhao Lianwen

《北京书院史》跳出了关于书院研究偏好宏观历史研究的思路,而代之以文化视野下的北京书院研究,在大视野、小范围的研究中做出了出色的成绩。作者以书院的日常生活与运作为侧重点,关注的是社会变迁与文化发展给书院带来的重要影响,这为书院研究提供了一条新的思路。该书将书院发展与历史语境紧密结合,既能透过书院窥探政治文化、军事争夺、经济发展等给书院带来的影响,又能以书院这一视角发现许多逸出宏大叙事之外的历史细节。作者对北京书院历史命运的研究,不仅在于总结书院发展之于社会、文化发展的重要意义,而且注重分析北京书院的历史作用以及对于当下中国教育的启示价值。

The book The History of Beijing＇s Academy wrote by Zhao Lianwen jumps out of the thinking of preference about Beijing＇s academy for the macroscopic historical research,and instead,the culture and small- scale perspective research has made outstanding achievements. Zhao Lianwen takes the daily life and operation of the academy as the focus and is concerned for the important influence from the social change and the culture development upon the academy,which provides a new way for academy research. The History of Beijing＇s Academy combines the academy development and historical context close,through which not only can the impact of politics,culture,military,economy,etc. on the academy be seen,but also the historical details besides the grand narratives be discovered. The study of the historical destiny of Beijing＇s academy is not only a summary of the significance of the academy to the social and cultural deveopment,but also an analysis of the historical role of the academy and its value to the current Chinese education.