论史学的真实与客观

Truth and Objectivity of the Science of History

为什么我国古代史学只求真实毫无客观观念,而西方史学自产生之日就具备客观意识。没有客观的真实只能是片面真实,片面真实比虚假危害更大,因为它在无形之中让人们认为就是真实。史书的功能是记载事件使之不因时间流逝而万古流传,史官史家的职责是公正的记载事件。公正就是客观,是带有主观色彩的客观。没有客观的真实,真实性岌岌可危。历史学是一门要求真实与客观并存的科学。

It is worth considering why the science of history in China pursues truth with no idea of objectivity while the western science of history is born with the sense of objectivity. Truth with no objectivity is one-sided truth;however,one-sided truth is more harmful since it is considered as truth. The function of history books is to recode events and hence pass down the information so the historians are supposed to write historical events objectively. Just is objective, but with subjective judgment. Truth with no objectivity is shaky so the science of history requires both truth and obiectivitv.