王锺翰学术研究路径转变析论

The Change of Wang Zhonghan's Academic Path

王锺翰作为从旧社会进入新中国史坛的学者,其学术路径与风格在新中国成立后自觉不自觉地也发生了诸多变化。他在民国时期逐渐走上考证之路,无论文献研究还是史实研究,都偏重考据。从新中国成立至20世纪60年代,他学习并开始依据唯物史观研究历史,注重从总体上剖析事物发展的全过程,理论分析比以前增强。他的这一研究路径的转变是终生的,此后他虽然也写作纯考证性的论文,但以唯物史观为指导则是他学术研究的首要原则。其学术路径的转变具有代表性,这对理解和认知中国近现代史学发展具有重要的学术意义。

Wang Zhonghan continued to did historical research after 1949, and his academic path and styles had changed since then. Before 1949, he did research on historical literature and historical events, putting particular emphasis on textual criticism. From 1949 to 1960s, he began to learn materialist conception of history and did research by it. As his theoretical knowledge increased, he attached weight to systematic analysis of history. The change influenced his research for life. After 1949, he still did textual research, but his studying canon was doing research by materialist conception of history. The change of his academic path is representative, and a research on it has great significance for understanding the development of historiography of modern China.