回教史研究在中国史中出现得最晚,其原因主要是史料不足。岩村忍曾在《民族学研究》杂志上提出过这方面的问题,他说:“可以断言,对中国伊斯兰的系统性的历史记载几乎绝望。”其理由是,缺乏有关中国伊斯兰的内部记录(中国回民自身的记录)和外部记录(中国的传统记录中有关伊斯兰的记事)。另外他还断言:“我并不否认对中国伊斯兰史学研究的可能性,但是,如果要从文献角度补上有关这一不同性质的伊斯兰共同体的史料,那么有关清朝以前的史料则没有复原的可能性。”他在喟叹中国历来的史书(正史,方志之类)无不具有一定的模 The study of the history of Islam appeared most late in the history of China because of the lack of historical data. Iwamura Yumiko raised the issue in Ethnographic Research magazine, saying: “It can be asserted that there is almost no hope of a systematic history of Islam in China.” The reason for this is the lack of an internal record of China’s Islam Chinese Muslims’ own records) and external records (notes on Islamic traditions in China). In addition, he also asserted: “I do not deny the possibility of studying Islamic historiography in China. However, if it is necessary to make up the historical data about this different Islamic community from a literary point of view, then it is impossible for the historical materials before the Qing Dynasty to recover Sex. ”He was sigh sigh of history in China has always been (Zheng Shi, Fang Zhi and the like) all have a certain model