20世纪中外史学的交流,是同时代中外文化交流的重要组成部分。这种交流有着鲜明的时代特点,在不同的历史时期表现出具体的社会内容,与整个中国社会的发展紧紧地联系在一起。如果说鸦片战争期间西方列强用洋枪洋炮打破中国国门,当时中国对西方文化是一种被迫的接受,那么在20世纪更多的则是一种自觉的文化选择,企图借助外来的文化解决中国文化发展或社会发展所面临的迫切问题。20世纪中外史学交流正是在这样 The exchange of historiography between China and foreign countries in the 20th century is an important part of the cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries at the same time. This kind of exchange has distinct characteristics of the times and shows specific social contents in different historical periods and is closely linked with the development of the entire Chinese society. If, during the Opium War, the Western powers broke the Chinese gate with foreign gun artillery, at a time when China was a forcibly accepted Western culture, then in the 20th century it was more of a conscious cultural choice in the attempt to resort to foreign cultures Solve the pressing problems facing China’s cultural development or social development. The 20th century Chinese and foreign historiography exchange is exactly like this