试论刘大年的中国近代史研究

刘大年在美国侵华史、台湾史、抗日战争史等领域均有开拓之功。他所构建的中国近代史诠释体系,以反帝反封建为主线,同时并未忽视近代以来的经济变动、尤其是资本主义发展历程。他主持编纂的《中国史稿》第四册及《中国近代史稿》,以革命为基调,同时力图克服片面性,为中国近代通史体系做出了可贵的探索。他倡导、支持西方史学理论研究,追踪近代史的研究前沿,弘扬实事求是的学风。作为中国近代史研究领域的拓荒者,刘大年力图将中国作为研究、叙述的主体,反对亦步亦趋地追随西方思潮,其方法与路向值得继承、弘扬。

A Brief Analysis of Liu Danian's Research on the Modern History of China

Liu Danian made pioneering contributions to the study of the history of the United States' aggression against China,the history of Taiwan,the history of the Anti-Japanese War and other fields.His system of interpretation of China's modern history takes anti-imperialist and anti- feudal activities as its main thread,without ignoring the economic changes,especially the history of capitalist development,from the nineteenth century on.Volume IV of the Draft History of China and the Draft History of Modern China...