马衡在传授、总结金石学及其历史方面做出了很大贡献。他不但率先在北京大学开设金石学课程,还对这门学科进行比较全面的总结,并试图作理论建设。在这个过程中,他与在金石学个案上取得超越前人成果的王国维进行了历时数年的探讨,涉及铜器、石经、石刻等诸多领域。马衡接受了王国维的很多观点,并予以推进和完善。他们的共同特点是,正确对待史料新发现,及时开拓金石学的新领域,并利用出土材料进行史学研究,以小见大,解决了不少悬疑问题,取得了古史研究的重大突破。在他们身体力行下,不同学科之间相互影响和促进,有利于相关学术研究的重大进步。 Ma Heng made a great contribution in teaching and summarizing the petrology and its history. He not only took the lead in opening a petrology course at Peking University, but also conducted a more comprehensive summary of the subject and attempted to make theoretical constructions. In this process, he conducted discussions with Wang Guowei who surpassed the achievements made by his predecessors in the case of the petrology over several years and involved many fields such as bronze ware, stone scriptures and stone inscriptions. Ma Heng accepted many views of Wang Guowei, and to promote and improve. Their common feature is the correct treatment of new discoveries of historical materials, the timely exploration of new fields of petrology, and the use of unearthed materials for historical studies. They have solved many of the suspense problems and achieved major breakthroughs in ancient history research. Under their own efforts, the interaction and promotion between different disciplines are conducive to major academic research progress.