魏斐德是世界最杰出的近代中国史学家之一,其著述在宏大叙事及理论与实证结合上均为典范。《讲述中国历史》集结了他关于中国近代史研究最重要的成果,并且每一部分都得到了艾森斯塔特、史景迁、曾小萍等名家的中肯点评。本文节录自著名社会学家艾森斯塔特为文集所作的总序。 Wei Fade is one of the world’s most prominent modern Chinese historians, whose writings are exemplary in the grand narrative and the combination of theory and evidence. “Narrating Chinese History” assembled his most important achievements in the study of modern Chinese history, and each part was commented on by many famous people, including Eisenstadt, Shi Jingqian and Zeng Xiaoping. This article is excerpted from the well-known sociologist Eisenstadt for the collection of the general order.