史学史是20世纪上半叶我国历史学领域出现的一门新兴分支学科, 它的形成和发展, 在相当程度上反映了现代史学日趋自觉和自律的特点。本文拟在梳理这一过程基本线索的同时, 对各时期的发展特点、成就及其在推进现代史学建设方面的理论意义作一初步的分析。

The history of historiography is a new branch subjec t in the science of history, which appeared in China in the first half of the twentieth century. In the process of its formation and development it has embodied the increasingly self-conscious and self-disciplined characteristics of contemporary historiograp hy in a considerable degree. This paper tries to sort out essential threads of the proce ss and make a preliminary analysis of its developmental features, achievements and theoretical significance on the construction of contemporary historiography.