本文重點在於分析柳詒徵的史學理論以及在他心目中歷史與倫理的關係。作者認為柳詒徵雖然在很多方面很像是個採用新方法與觀念的現代史家，但是在 1925-1926 年之後，歷史與史學之理解越來越依賴「史學以倫理為核心」的傳統概念。柳詒徵與西方同時代的史家所面臨的歷史主義危機不同，他關懷的並非倫理被歷史相對化的問題，而是要透過歷史來顯現與肯定中國的倫理傳統、以德治為重點的社會與政治秩序。雖然如此，柳詒徵同時也要將史學與社會政治制度部分地現代化。所以，他的思想因此既有保守又有現代的特徵。

This article focuses on Liu Yizheng’s theory of history and his ideas on the relationship between history and ethics. Although Liu seems to resemble in many aspects a modern historian, adopting new methods and ideas, after 1925-1926 he increasingly relied on a view and theory of history centered on the traditional notion that “the core of history is ethics”. In contrast to contemporary Western historians and the crisis of ethical relativism triggered by historicism, Liu relies on history to illuminate and confirm China’s ethical tradition and the socio-political order centered on the rule by virtue. However, Liu Yizheng, nevertheless wants to partially modernize historiography and the socio-political order. Therefore his thought is both conservative and yet modern.

柳詒徵; 中國傳統史學; 歷史與倫理; 歷史主義的危機; 保守主義; 民族主義; 現代性

Liu Yizheng; traditional Chinese historiography; ethics and history; crisis of historicism; conservatism; nationalism