引言 孔子(公元前551—479年)是中国史学之父,正如希罗多德(公元前485—425年)是希腊史学(从而也是近代西方史学)之父一样。孔子的《春秋》,正如希罗多德的《历史》一样,是世界上最早的历史专著。孔子不仅比希罗多德早了半个世纪,而且在学术思想上有更大的成就。希罗多德只是一个历史编纂学家,孔子并且是一个伟大的哲学家和教育家,所以孔子还提出了一套系统的史学理论,它在古代世界史学史上是无 Introduction Confucius (551-47 BC) was the father of Chinese history, just as Herodotus (485-425 BC) was the father of Greek history (and hence modern Western history). Confucius’s “Spring and Autumn Period,” like Herodotus’s “History,” is the earliest monograph in history in the world. Confucius was not only half a century earlier than Herodotus, but also had greater accomplishments in academic thinking. Herodotus was only a historian of history, and Confucius was a great philosopher and educator. Therefore, Confucius also proposed a systematic theory of history that is none in the history of ancient world history