李大钊在《史学要论》中对历史本身和历史著述的区分,特别是提出“活的历史”这一概念,一直为学术界所高度推崇。但这些观点源自哪里,学术界却甚少关注。实际上,李大钊此颇具前瞻性的观念,很有可能来自《史地丛刊》的一篇译文,即伍德布里奇的《从历史到哲学》。两者不仅观点基本一致,而且所举证的例子、表述的语句、使用的概念、论证中出现的矛盾,甚至是文末结尾的方式,都十分的相似。 Li Dazhao made a distinction between history itself and historical writings in “The Theory of Historical Studies”, and especially put forward the concept of “living history”, which has always been highly praised by academics. But where do these ideas come from, academics have paid little attention. In fact, Li Dazhao’s quite forward-looking idea is most likely from a translation in the History Series, Woodbridge’s History From Philosophy to Philosophy. The two are not only basically identical in point of view, but also have very similar examples of evidences, expressions, concepts of use, contradictions in arguments, and even the end of the text.