21世纪文明史视阈下中国史学界传染病史研究回顾

A Review of Infectious Disease History Research in Chinese Historians from the Perspective of Civilization History in the 21st Century

21世纪,中国史学界对传染病史的研究渐入佳境。许多学者关注到了人类文明与传染病之间的复杂关联并卓有建树。本文从中国古文献对传染病典型字例的释义入手,梳理和总结了21世纪文明史视阈下中国史学界传染病史研究在“传染病影响人类文明”、“疾病改变历史”等方面的主要成果,将相关研究分为三个阶段:两次高潮期和中间的平稳发展期。另外,本文还就其中的不足之处展开探讨。这些努力将有助于中国史学界传染病史研究的进一步发展。

In the 21st century,the study of infectious diseases history in Chinese historians is getting better.Many scholars have paid attention to the complex relationship between human civilization and infectious diseases and have made outstanding achievements.This article starts with the interpretation of typical characters which indicate infectious diseases in ancient Chinese literature,combs and summarizes the main achievements of infectious disease history research in Chinese historians on“Infectious diseases affect human civilization.”,“Disease changes history.”and so on from the perspective of civilization history in the 21st century,and divides the research into three periods:two periods of climax and one period of steady development.Besides,the article also discusses its deficiency.These efforts will contribute to the further development of infectious disease history research in Chinese historians.