口述史学是发端于海外的一种记录历史的形式,其在人类社会的应用可追源至上古时代,希腊史家希罗多德(Herodotus)、中国史家司马迁等皆广泛应用口述历史,这一趋势一直延续到中古及近代,例如,十九世纪法国史学家米什莱(Jules Michelet)在书写《法国革命史》时就援引了大量来自大 Oral historiography is a form of record history originated in overseas. Its application in human society can be traced back to ancient times. Oral history is widely used in Greek historian Herodotus and Chinese historian Sima Qian. For example, the nineteenth-century French historian Jules Michelet quoted a large number of books from the large