中国社会学课程开设先驱者史实考略

On the History of the Pioneering Courses of Socialogy in Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning

近代中国高校中,社会学属于"舶来"学科。我国社会学史著作中依据许仕廉和孙本文的论述,认为中国高校中最早开设社会学课程的是门·阿瑟(Mr.Arthur Moon)或孟教授(Arthur M onn),时间是1905年或1908年。但经详细考证,结论是:1905年,孟嘉德教士在圣约翰学院开设的社会学课程是近代中国高等学校最早的。

Chinese sociologists usually believe that in 1905 or in 1908, the course of sociology at the university was initiated by the American professor Arthur Monn in St John University. But this view is not true. In fact, the course of sociology was offered by the American pastor Arthur Mann in St John College in 1905. This is the first course of sociology in Chinese institutions of higher learning.