自一九七○年代後半以降，日本的明清史研究可分為兩大潮流：一個是堅持戰後以來影響日本史學界甚鉅的馬克思主義，並試圖改變過去「單線發展階段論」的中國史研究會，足立啟二是該會明清史的先鋒；另一個是試圖突破過去以馬克思主義歷史觀為基礎的史學架構，受到岸本美緒等較年輕的研究者歡迎的森正夫諸人。在這兩大潮流中，試圖突破傳統架構的森正夫、岸本美緒等諸位學者，似乎較為臺灣學者所熟悉；至於中國史研究會，對於臺灣讀者來說，則顯得較為陌生。其中如本文所欲探討的足立啟二，就筆者所知，長期以來便一直受到臺灣學界的冷落，並未曾有學者撰文介紹過其觀點。本文的目的，即是以足立啟二於一九九八年所出版的《專制國家史論》一書為中心，探討中國史研究會關於明清以來中國在政治與經濟等方面轉變的某些論點。

There have been two trends in Ming-Ch’ing studies in Japan since the late 1970s. The first trend, set by the Society for the Study of Chinese History, persisted in the Marxism that deeply influenced Japanese historical circles since the end of World War II and tried to overcome the theory of unilinear development. Keiji Adachi was the forerunner of Ming-Ch’ing studies in this Association. The other trend tried to break through the traditional framework based on Marxism and was represented by such historians as Masao Mori, who were not accepted by the traditional scholars, but welcomed by younger historians like Mio Kishimoto. Historians like Masao Mori and Mio Kishimoto were well known to scholars in Taiwan, but the Society for the Study of Chinese History was unfamiliar to Taiwanese readers. For example, Keiji Adachi, the historian this article will discuss, is still not accepted by scholars in Taiwan as far as I know. This article will introduce briefly some perspectives of the Chinese Historical Studies Association on the economic and political transition of modern China through a discussion of Keiji Adachi’s On the History of the Autocratic State.

中國史研究會（日本）；足立啟二；專制國家

the Society for the Study of Chinese History (Japan); Keiji Adachi; Autocratic State