(本文是1994年5月我在北京的一次讲演,保留了口语化的特点。) 我之所以来到这里,是因为我们虽然属于不同的国家和不同的文化,但我们却操同一种语言,即同一种独一无二的史学方法论的语言,这表明,知识是没有国界的。我认为,这一点是重要的。 因为,从严格的科学观点来看,我们历史学家不应被术语所迷惑。我们都以名副其实的、普遍有效的科学方法研究文献,所以,我再说一遍,无论在巴黎还是在北京,我们使用 (This article is a speech I made in Beijing in May 1994 that preserves the colloquial features.) The reason I came here because we belong to different countries and cultures, but we speak the same language, The same kind of language of historiographical methodology, suggests that knowledge has no boundaries. I think this is important. Because, from a strictly scientific point of view, we historians should not be fooled by terms. We all study the literature in real and generally valid scientific ways, so let me repeat, whether in Paris or in Beijing, we use