华南学派是目前在国内颇具影响的学术流派，其治学方法与实践很值得关注和探讨。华南学派史学理论的形成，植根于中山大学文科设立以来“眼光向下”与跨学科治学的学术传统，师承傅衣凌、梁方仲在中国社会经济史领域的理论和方法，在此基础上积极吸收西方年鉴学派的史学理论，并在与海外学者长期的合作与交流中形成了共通的治学理念。华南学派史学理论的形成，与中国近百年来的社会及其学术思潮的变迁密切相关，反映出中国史学由传统走向现代的某些共有特征。探寻该学派史学理论的形成过程，对于当代中国史学理论建设应具一定的启示意义。

The Origin of the Historical Theory of the Southern China School

Wang Chuan

The Southern China school is a very important academic school in China. The formation of the school’s historiography theory is rooted in the academic traditions of “looking down” and interdisciplinary scholarship since the establishment of Sun Yat-sen University. Inheriting Fu Yiling and Liang Fangzhong’s theory and methods in the field of Chinese social economic history. Absorbs the historiography theory of the Annales School. The formation of the South China School history theory is closely related to the changes of society and academic trends in China in the past century. It reflects some of the common characteristics of Chinese historiography from traditional to modern.