Writing Chinese Macro-history for the "West": Ray Huang''s Micro-Career and His China Studies Community

黃仁宇雖然是華語史學界最暢銷的作家之一，他的中國觀在中美學界卻很少得到認可。在他的學術生涯中，他的學術關切雖然並未改變，但他的論述方式卻有不同的轉折，從早期向美國學術體例調適，中期自成一格的把中國引入西方的學術語言，以至晚期以中國經驗為基準的中西比較。仁宇在早期的學術生涯就表現出他不同於其他學者的中國觀，而其中主要來自他在中國內陸的軍旅經驗以及前往美國後所遭受的文化衝擊。以上經驗上他早年在中國的生活、國民黨身分以及定居美國的選擇，這些自我認同因素都可能是黃仁宇尋求發展不同的學術觀點的重要動機之一。而黃仁宇的觀點由於並不能通過美國學界學術分科的檢驗，加上他對於學術界中主流論述的挑戰，使得黃仁宇在美國發展並不順遂，也導致他最終失去教職，心灰意冷而投身著述。Despite being one of the best-selling Chinese historian, Ray Huang’s China image was widely discredited among the U.S. and Chinese academia. Whilst his central academic concern remained constant, his discoursive mode had changed throughout his career as an historian. He started his career adjusting himself to the style of academic papers in the States, then introducing China in western academic language with his own fashion. In later part of his career, he compared the China and the west under the standard of Chinese historical experience.ay Huang’s work had eminently shown a different way of interpreting China at the incipient phase of his career. The main reason for this is his experience as a KMT military officer in China inland and the cultural shock he had encountered when he first arrived at the United States of America. For the reasons above, and his life experience in China before he reached adulthood, KMT backgound and choice for staying in the U.S., the assorted reason mention above could be one of the most important motif for him to craft a different theory on China that can answer all his question on his own identity.owever, Huang’s China image was not approved by the academic standard of social sciences. Furthermore, his viewpoint had challenged the existing theory system of the mainstream academia. His career in the States was not smooth throughout and finally lost his tenure. In the great despair, he turned to full-time writing and never looked back.口試委員會審定書...............................................................................................................i辭........................................................................................................................................ii文摘要..............................................................................................................................iii文摘要..............................................................................................................................vi一章 緒論.......................................................................................................................1一節 前言...............................................................................................................1二節 黃仁宇簡介...................................................................................................2三節 黃仁宇旋風...................................................................................................9四節 題旨與研究方法........................................................................................12五節 章節安排.....................................................................................................14二章 黃仁宇觀察中國的方法...................................................................................17一節 華裔學者的東方主義................................................................................18二節 黃仁宇的中國觀........................................................................................19三節 Paul Cohen和王國斌的中國研究方法...................................................34四節 由方法上的比較分析黃仁宇的史學觀..................................................38五節 小結.............................................................................................................45三章 黃仁宇眼中和筆下的中國...............................................................................47一節 黃仁宇所的中國經驗................................................................................47二節 史景遷筆下的中國....................................................................................59三節 比較黃仁宇和史景遷所描繪的中國......................................................63四節 小節.............................................................................................................65四章 黃仁宇與美國的漢學界...................................................................................66一節 費正清的中國認識....................................................................................67二節 黃仁宇與費正清的關係...........................................................................69三節 黃仁宇在美國學界....................................................................................78四節 小結.............................................................................................................82五章 結論—黃仁宇，其人、其文、其定位.........................................................85考資料.............................................................................................................................88錄一：黃仁宇年表........................................................................................................9