“日本陆军中坚层”指在中国战场实地制定作战计划、参与指挥作战的日本陆军中高级军官、参谋。石原莞尔是其中的代表性人物,中日及欧美学界均有不少相关研究。回顾和梳理石原研究史,析出其中的异同点与问题点,可以为抗战人物史的研究寻找方向和路径,丰富和拓展抗战史研究视野,进一步深化中国学界的日本侵华史研究。 “Japanese army backbone” refers to the battlefield in China to develop combat plans to participate in the command of the Japanese army middle and senior officers, staff. Ishihara is one of the most representative figures in China, Japan and Europe and the United States have a lot of academic research. Looking back and combing the history of Ishihara’s work, we can find out the similarities and differences and points in the study to find the direction and path for the study of the history of the war-like people, enrich and expand the field of vision of the war history, and further deepen the study of the Japanese invasion of China history in China.