摘要
在今天,"絲綢之路"成爲了一個國際學界的熱點話題.在這個熱潮中,"絲綢之路"概念被泛化,引起了對"絲綢之路"的諸多誤解.作爲一項學術研究,"絲綢之路"研究必須置於史學邊界之内.而在史學邊界之内,有李希霍芬的"絲綢之路"和赫定的"絲綢之路"兩種概念.這兩種不同的概念,源自"全球史"和"區域史"兩種不同的研究取向.這兩種取向各有其優點和不足,只有二者相互結合,取長補短,纔能得出一個合理的"絲綢之路"的概念.
Abstract
The"Silk Road"has recently become a"hot issue"both in academia and in media worldwide.With a broad participation in the study,the concept of"the Silk Road"has been generalized greatly,which has caused many misunderstandings.Basically,"the Silk Road"is a subject of historical research,in which there are two major concepts of"the Silk Road"in use:the Richthofen's and the Hedin's.The two concepts derive from two approaches respectively:the approach of global history and the approach of regional history.Each of the approaches has its own strengths and weaknesses.Only they are combined together which makes them complement each other,can we obtain a more rational concept of"the Silk Road"and then have a better study of the history of"the Silk Road".