西嶋定生是著名的东洋史学家,东京学派的代表性人物,与京都学派的谷川道雄都是学界巨擘。一个研究秦汉史,一个研究中古史,基本的方法都是马克思主义的社会史观,然而都没有局限于教条,开出了一条自己的新路。西嶋先生早期囿于历史分期的讨论,有着教条化的倾向,但在与京都学派的论战中,不断修正,开始着力于战国以讫,秦汉大一统帝国的构建,帝国权力与一般民众的关系的讨论,帝国与四夷所结合产生的东亚世界,以及背后作为理论支撑的儒教国教化的问题。主要观点见于《中国古代帝国的形成与结 Xidan is a famous oriental historian, a representative figure of the Tokyo school, and Tadashi Taniguchi of the Kyoto school are academic giants. A study of the history of Qin and Han Dynasties, a study of ancient history, the basic method is the Marxist view of social history, however, are not limited to dogma, set a new road of their own. In his debating with the Kyoto school, Mr. Xizang constantly revised his doctrine in history and started to focus on the construction of the unified state of the Qin and Han dynasties, the relationship between the empire power and the general public Discussing the East Asian world created by the combination of the Empire and the four barbarians and the question of the nationalization of Confucianism as a theoretical support behind it. The main point of view found in "the formation and knot of ancient Chinese empire