罗香林对中外关系史和华侨史的研究

Lo Hsiang-lin and His Studies on both History of Sino-Foreign Relations and History of Overseas Chinese

罗香林是20世纪中国一位著述颇丰的史学家,治学的范围相当广泛。中外关系史与华侨史是其长期研究的重点之一,其中涉及中外关系史上佛教、景教、伊斯兰教、真空教等宗教的传播问题;蒲寿庚、孙中山、梁诚、容闳、傅秉常等中外关系史上的重要人物;香港与中西文化交流和华侨史上的"兰芳大总制"等众多问题。罗香林的史学,承继了梁启超、王国维、陈寅恪、张星火良等大师以及其父罗师扬的学术思想和方法,在具体的学术研究中形成了求真实、求创新、求博通的鲜明风格,自成一家之言。当然,由于时代的限制,罗氏史学中亦不免有值得商榷之处,如罗氏史学中关于对"民族主义"的理解等。

Lo Hisang-lin, a quite industrious historian in China in 20th Century, conducted his research in extensive fields, including both the history of Sinowesternforeign relations and history of Overseas Chinese. There are some research topics in his studies, including various religions, figures in different historical periods, Hong Kong and Sino-western cultural exchanges and Lan-fang Presidential System. They are helpful for the further research and construction of our subjects, when Lo Hsiang-lin's achievements and contributions in these aspects are summarized, and his academic ideology and methodology in his historical studies are analyzed.