前几年,许多人都在谈论“史学危机”,现在对“危机”的这种担心似乎是过去了。有些朋友向我说起,史学研究看来还得多做切实的工作,我很赞成这个话。所谓切实,并不是不讲理论,不要宏观,而是要反对空疏。有一次在《文史》杂志的座谈会上,我曾提到明代学风空疏,值得引以为戒。清初几位大家提倡朴学、实学,正是力矫其弊。当然后来有些人只尚考据,不及义理,又走到另一极端去了。我们追求的切实,应当是脚踏实地,实事求是,理论联系实际。 A few years ago, many people were talking about the “crisis of historiography,” and now such fears of “crisis” seem to be passed. Some friends told me that history research seems to have done more practical work, and I very much agree with this. The so-called real, is not without theory, not macroeconomic, but to oppose empty. Once at the symposium on “Literature and History” magazine, I mentioned that the style of study in the Ming Dynasty was empty and should be taken as a guide. In the early Qing Dynasty, a few people advocated learning Pu, real learning, it is to correct its disadvantages. Of course, later, some people only study the evidence, less than justice, and went to the other extreme. The reality we pursue must be down-to-earth, seeking truth from facts and integrating theory with practice.