晚清学人"世界历史"观念的变迁

19世纪中期以来,在剧烈的中西碰撞影响下,晚清学人关于史书编纂体例的认识有了新变化:甲午战前,重新使用国别体撰写外国史;至20世纪初,当西方“世界历史”观念和世界史编纂方法经明治日本输入后,晚清学人对西方“以西方史为世界史”的“一元”进步论、阶段论和明治日本“东洋史、西洋史”的“二元”叙事,表现出复杂而矛盾的心态,深刻影响着对“他者”、“自我”的认识和定位。

Changes on the Conception of World History in Late Qing

Chinese intellectuals' understanding of historiography changed greatly. Before the Sino-Japanese war. the traditional Guobieti, which disappeared for a long time, was used to write foreign history once again. When the Western conception on world history was introduced into China at the beginning of 20th through Japan in the period of Meiji Restoration, Chinese intellectuals' thoughts, which were especially effected by the monism of Western progress, stage and the dualism of Japanese toyoshi and seiyoshi, were complicated and full of contradiction, which influenced greatly on their recognition of others and self.