The Mode of Herodotus Interpretation in Christian Historiographic Traditions:A Critical Issue from a Chinese Perspective  

作　　者：Wu Xiaoqun 吴晓群(Fudan University,Shanghai,P.R.China)

机构地区：[1]Fudan University,Shanghai,P.R.China

出　　处：《World History Studies》2022年第1期1-25,共25页世界史研究（英文版）

摘　　要：While historical researchers inevitably create their historical narratives within a contemporary context,they must distinguish the influences received from both sides-the context in which objects are studied,and the context in which they themselves are living.Based on the consideration of the tension between these two contexts,this article takes the mode of Herodotus interpretation in Christian historiographic traditions as its starting point.It examines Western traditions of thought and whether certain disciplinary standards and rules that have been formed,and gradually accepted,in those traditions can be directly applied to ancient historical studies and historians.This article also studies the roots of these modes of interpretation,trying to compare them from the perspective of thinking and possible choices.To understand the historical writings of Herodotus,this article draws on an ancient Chinese text(Sima Qian's)to reflect on a historical-cognitive pattern that has been generally accepted by Westerners,and thus explores the special writing states and historical logic that people may present in theirearlyhistorical consciousness.

关 键 词：HERODOTUS Christian Historical Concepts TELEOLOGY Linear Development 

分 类 号：K143[历史地理—历史学]