文书档案与中国前近代史研究——兼论建立中国古文书学的重要性

中国传统史学研究的重心是四部典籍,特别以正史为中心。清末民初以来,文书档案的出土和运用使中国前近代史研究有了原始资料,促进了中国近代史学的形成。一直以来,在中国史史料学中,没有形成专门研究文书档案的学问,这是中国前近代史研究的缺点之一。通过对古文书学由来的考察,可以看出古文书学的重要性,有必要借鉴外国的古文书学,建立中国古文书学并使之体系化,成为中国史史料学的一个分支,以促进中国前近代史的研究。

Research on Documents and Pre -Modern Chinese History --the Importance of Establishing the Chinese Paleography

The focus of Chinese traditional historiography was the Four Books;specifically the official history was the center issue.Since the end of the Qing,documents were unearthed and used,that made pre-modern Chinese historical research had original materials and promoted the formation of the modern Chinese historiography.There are no specialized documents in the Chinese documentology for a long time,which is one of the shortcomings of the pre-modern Chinese historical research.Through the study of the origin of paleography,the importance of it can be seen,it is necessary to draw on overseas paleography,and establish Chinese paleography,become a branch of the Chinese documentology,which will promote the study of the pre-modern Chinese history.