提高理论解释力的两条路径——侨易学的发展方向

Two Ways to Improve the Theoretical Explanation——The Development Direction of Kiao-Iology

作为"中层理论"的侨易学,其价值与意义,需要在各种领域反复尝试,甚至进行试错式探索,方能了解到侨易学的作用与局限究竟在哪里。随着实践的深入,反过来会推进与完善侨易学理论。而要增强其理论解释力,侨易学需从以下两条路径着手加以突破:一是了解自己在理论层次中的位置,回应其他理论的挑战;二是在实证部分进行拓展与细化,使之更具有说服力,减少可能存在的含糊与自相矛盾之处。而在进行实证分析过程中,侨易学应当借鉴"新文化史""微观史"的研究成果,注重使用平民文本和口述材料,这样能够让饱含精英文化色彩的侨易学研究更"接地气",更具有深入而丰富的理论解释效力。侨易学的研究成果目前绝不是太多,而是太少,通过更多的实证研究,了解理论边界和适用范围,是现今侨易学研究的首要任务。

This paper argues that,as a＂middle theory＂,the value and significance of Kiao-Iology needs to be tested re-peatedly in various fields,and even in trial and error exploration,in order to understand the role and limitations of Kiao-Iology.The deepening of practice,in return,will promote the development of Kiao-Iology.And to enhance the theoreti-cal explanation of Kiao-Iology,we need to make a breakthrough from the following two ways.The first way is to under-stand their position in the theoretical level and know how to respond to the challenge of other theories.The second is to expand and refine the empirical study of Kiao-Iology and make it more convincing.In the part of empirical analysis,Kiao-Iologyshould learn from the research results of＂New Cultural History＂and＂Micro-history＂,and focus on the use of common text and oral materials,in order to put Kiao-Iology＂down to earth＂and obtain more theoretical explanation effect.Nowadays,the most important task of Kiao-Iology is to understand the theoretical boundary and scope of applica-tion through more empirical research.