周谷城"历史完形论"析论

“历史完形论”认为,历史是人类过去的活动,客观性和完整性是历史的两个基本属性,其中后者是通史之所以为通史的特殊性所在。过去的通史和“新体”通史,或者不是以人类过去的活动作为对象,或者因体例所限而不能满足通史的特殊要求,都不能算是真正的通史。“历史完形论”明确指出:通史的对象是人类过去的活动,通史要维护和体现历史的完整性。“历史完形论”是我国近代以来通史理论研究的先驱之作,具有独特的学术价值。

Comments on Zhou Gucheng's Theory of Historical Completeness

According to the theory of Historical completeness, history is human activities of the past, and of its two principal qualities, namely impersonality and integrity, the latter being what makes general history. The previons works of general history and the new-style ones are not real general histories at all. They neither treat of human activities of the past nor meet the requirements of a general history with their limited style. The theory clearly points out that the object of a general history should be human activities of the past and a general history must preserve and pursue the integrity of history. Being the forerunner of the theories for the general histories in modern China, the theory has outstanding academic values.