中国视野:东方外交史研究的兴起与变迁(2006—2016年)

On the Rise of Research on Oriental Diplomatic History and its Development from the Perspective of China(2006—2016)

2006年第一届"东方外交史"国际学术研讨会召开时,中国尚无真正整体意义上的东方外交史研究著作。至2016年,已先后出版7部东方外交史研究系列丛书,作者来自十余个国家和地区、近百所大学及研究机构。十年间,以研讨会为研究中心和交流平台,中国的东方外交史研究尝试并实践应用新的编纂体例;走出了单纯的历史研究范畴,研究内容不断细化;形成了对东方国家的整体研究,具有现实意义和前瞻性;研究者致力摆脱西方理论的影响,发挥东方学者的主体作用,中国学者以更加自信的学术态度走向国际舞台。在此基础上,中国的东方外交史学科也取得了长足进展,基本确定了东方外交史的概念、研究对象、研究方法及研究目的和意义。作为东方国家整体崛起背景下的学术研究,东方外交史将成为研究和探讨东方历史、东西方交往史的更加有效的研究范式。

No research works, in a real and integrated fashion, on oriental diplomatic history in China had been pub- lished by the year of 2006 when the International Academic Symposium on Oriental Diplomatic History was convened. Since then, thanks to such symposiums, 7 books in this regard have been released successively, with contributions of re- searchers from nearly 100 universities and research institutes in more than 10 countries and regions. During the past dec- ade, with such symposiums as research centers and academic exchange platforms, Chinese researchers have attempted to apply new compiling style to their research in oriental diplomatic history. Moreover, they have blazed a new trail by get- ting their eyes out of history research field and by refining research contents in this regard. As a result of relentless ef- forts, research on oriental countries in an integrated sense has taken shape, which is of practical significance and of great foresight. Researchers have made great efforts to get away from depending solely on theories by western scholars so as to play their main roles in this regard. Chinese scholars have begun to make their presence in international academic symposi- um more confidently. Great progress has been made in the discipline of oriental diplomatic history, with the concept, ob- ject of study, research method, research purpose and significance in this regard basically established. Against the back- drop of the rising of oriental countries as a whole, research on oriental diplomatic history will become a more effective paradigm to study and probe into oriental history as well as historical ties between the east and the west.