老清华史学共同体之命途——从梁启超到雷海宗

Studies and Times: the Vicissitudes of History Community in the Predecessor of Tsinghua——from Liang Ch i-ch ao to Lei Haizong

老清华史学虽历时不长,但其进程异常繁覆。清华学校时期,梁启超等人就已将新史学初步引入清华;至罗家伦时期,清华史学近代化提速,尤其是"科学的中国近代史"茁壮成长;随后,在蒋廷黻治下,清华史学日臻极盛,其中中国近代史、日俄史研究均冠居全国,形成了强大的头等学者群,其在学术研究、人才培养、社会服务等方面均硕果累累、驰誉国际。蒋去后,雷海宗继续引领清华史学稳健成长。但在抗战结束后急遽的历史鼎革中,清华史学也随环境的嬗变而明显衰退。"校史"与"国史"息息相关,老清华学术是近代中国的产物,而老清华史学又是老清华学术的重要组成部分,其兴衰嬗变的进程,蕴涵着极为丰富的历史信息。

The transition of Tsinghua history community is the epitome of changes in modern China; to some degree, it s a quintessence of the academic links between Chinese Intelligentsia and Columbia University. In the era of Tsinghua College, NEW HISTORY began to budding due to Liang Chi-chao and his peers. Once Tsinghua became a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, history studies and teaching leaped forward under the leadership of Luo Jialuo, Ting Fuller Tsiang and Lei Haizong. History department became a world-class group in Tsiang’s era. However, such an outstanding group declined in the buffetings of times storm. All in all, high-level history studies in Tsinghua suspended in 1952.