近代的史学家往往是很博学的。王国维在甲骨金文,宋元戏曲、西北地理、文艺理论等各个领域的成就,都是大家所公认的。陈寅恪的魏晋隋唐史的研究,成就当然是巨大的,但他的研究领域远不限于此,晚年写的《柳如是别传》就是研究明末清初史事的。陈氏对佛道二藏有较深的造诣,我们看他在《柳如是别传》中广引释道典故笺释钱牧斋的诗句,真是叫人叹服。博学,是一个历史 Modern historians tend to be very knowledgeable. Wang Guowei’s achievements in various fields such as Oracle, Song and Yuan opera, Northwest geography and literary theory are all acknowledged by everyone. Chen Yinque’s research on the history of Wei, Jin, and Sui and Tang Dynasties is of course immense. But his field of study is far from being limited to this. In his later years, Liu’s Unprecedented Biography is a study of the history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Chen’s deep attainments of the Buddhism and Taoism II possession, we see him in “Liu Rushi Biography” in the widely cited interpretation of allusions of Qianmuzhai, really amazing. Erudition, is a history