邵循正史学三题

Three Questions about Shao Xunzheng’s History Research

邵循正是中国近代史、蒙元史研究大家,近代中外关系史研究领域的重要开拓者,也是新中国成立后中国近代史学科新研究范式的重要奠基人。他在清华研究院时期,师从蒋廷黻学习中国近代外交史,正在中国近代史学科成长的发轫期,他所接受史学训练带有相当浓厚的“清华模式”色彩。1933年,他从研究院毕业,次年初即赴法国留学。他在这一阶段迎来了一次学术爆发的小高峰,除《中法越南关系始末》一书顺利告成,并纳入出版计划,还在天津《大公报·文学副刊》等国内主流学术评论平台上发表多篇书评,评论的对象中、外著作兼有,而评论的作者中甚至不乏傅斯年、陈垣这样久已闻名学界的大人物。1949年以后,邵循正的学术路向发生了显著转型,为适应新时代的要求,他努力学习“革命”话语,积极向左派史家靠拢,同时也必须直面与某些研究理念及学术师承关系“划清界限”的问题。本文抉取其学术生涯不同阶段的若干问题略作申论,以期推进对于邵循正其人及其史学的理解。

Shao Xunzheng was a master in the study of modern Chinese history and Mongolian and Yuan history,a pioneer in the field of modern Sino-foreign relations history,and an important founder of the new research paradigm of modern Chinese history after 1949.He studied modern Chinese history under Jiang Tingfu at Tsinghua University.His historical training had a quite strong "Tsinghua style".He reached his academic height in the 1930 s and published several book reviews,which commented on many famous scholars of that time,such as Fu Sinian and Chen Yuan.After 1949,Shao Xunzheng’s academic path underwent a significant change.In order to adapt to the new era,he tried hard to learn the discourse of "revolution" and actively drew close to the leftist historians.