海外中国史研究的发展历程及各阶段研究特征——谢元鲁教授访谈录

The Development and Characteristics of Overseas Studies on Chinese History:An Interview with Professor Xie Yuanlu

中国史是海外汉学研究的焦点之一。访谈中,史学界知名学者谢元鲁教授对海外中国史研究的发展历程进行了详细的分析。认为海外对中国史的研究大体经历了四个发展阶段:兴起于晚明;形成于19世纪末至20世纪30年代;成熟于20世纪40年代至90年代初期;兴盛于20世纪90年代中后期至今。同时,对每一阶段的研究特征以及由此而折射出的深层社会背景进行了分析。了解海外中国史研究的发展历程对于中国文化走出去具有重要意义。

Chinese history is one of the focuses of overseas Chinese studies. In the interview,professor Xie Yuanlu,a famous scholar in history,made a detailed analysis of the development of overseas Chinese history studies. According to Xie, overseas studies on Chinese history have experienced four developing stages： arose in the late Ming Dynasty, formed from the late 19th century to the 1930s ; matured from the 1940s to the early 1990s ; thriving in the mid-late 1990s till now. At the same time, Xie analyzes the research characteristics of each stage and the deep social background reflected from it. It is of great significance for Chinese culture to understand the development course of overseas studies on Chinese history.