只有整体的历史才是真正的历史。早在古典史学诞生之初，中西古典史学家们就对此进行了多方面的探索，史学视野十分开阔。司马迁、希罗多德等人的史著都不失为整体的历史。比较而言，西方古典史家们在整体的历史观以及社会文化史方面的探索与努力，比中国古典史学家们要多，史学视野也相对要开阔。这种状况的出现，是造成以后中西史学分野的重要原因之一。 Only the whole history is the real history. As early as the birth of classical history, Chinese and Western classical historians explored this in many aspects, and the field of history was very broad. Sima Qian, Herodotus, who are the history of the overall history. In comparison, the exploration and efforts of Western classical historians in the overall view of history and social and cultural history are more numerous than that of Chinese classical historians, and their historical visions are relatively open. The emergence of this situation is one of the important reasons for the later division of Chinese and Western history.