我们是80后的晚辈,负笈求学于厦门大学,聆听他的教诲多年,但多次请他谈谈治史的体会,都被他拒绝了。他说他是一个过渡性的人物,上一代是其恩师傅衣凌教授等史学前辈,下一代是他的学生辈,恢复高考后成长起来的博士。而他不老不少,既无研究生学历,也无学士、硕士、博士学位,许多时光消耗在政治斗争的折腾中。只因青黄不接,受改革开放之赐,打破论资排辈,被推到教授、博士生导师的岗位。他与同一代许多学人的遭遇相比,是幸运的。但一生只做三件事:林则徐、土地契约、海洋史的研究,至今还没有最终完成,不好说。到了吕小琴毕业要离开母校的时候,再三恳求他作一次访谈,可能他感到离别后不知何时再相见,不便给学生留下遗憾,就答应了她的请求。在南国鹭岛凤凰花开的日子,我们来到杨老师在美丽环岛路旁的家中,进行了这次访谈。为了节省时间,一开始便直奔学术话题。 We are the younger generation after 80, begged to study at Xiamen University to listen to his teachings for many years, but many times asked him to talk about the history of the experience, have been rejected by him. He said he is a transitional figure, the previous generation is the teacher of his mentor, Professor Yi Ling history predecessors, the next generation is his student generation, restored after the college entrance examination grew up. And he is not a lot old, neither graduate education, nor bachelor, master, doctorate, many time consuming in the toss of political struggle. Only because of the lackluster, by the reform and opening up thanks to break seniority, was pushed to the professor, doctoral tutor positions. He is fortunate when compared with many other scholars of the same generation. However, only three things are done in his life: the research on Lin Zexu, land contract and maritime history has not been completed yet, so it is hard to say. When Lu Xiaoqin graduated to leave his alma mater, he repeatedly pleaded with him to make an interview. Maybe he did not know when he would say goodbye again after he left. He would not regret leaving the student with regret and agreed to her request. On the day of the southern island of egret phoenix bloom, we came to the house where Yang was on the beautiful island road and conducted the interview. To save time, go straight to academic topics from the beginning.