楊雲萍教授與臺灣史研究

楊雲萍教授(1906~2000)在臺大歷史系任教長達四十年，是戰後第一位在大學院校開授臺灣史課程的人。他醉心文學，本非歷史系出身，但卻上承連雅堂、林獻堂兩人的史學，下開解嚴前後臺灣史研究的風氣，楊氏的歷史地位有其時代背景。日本統治臺灣後期已進入戰爭體制，臺灣原是帝國的邊陲，卻必須支援戰爭，甚至淪為戰場。身為臺灣人的楊雲萍，既不能積極協助戰爭，也不能出面反對戰爭，沉潛於鄉土研究，是他在戰爭中找到的出路。不僅如此，他還在《臺灣日日新報》撰文呼籲臺北帝大非得研究臺灣不可。戰後他投入報界，為文針砭時局，積極呼籲奪還語言、修纂臺灣史；擔任臺灣省編譯館的編纂兼臺灣研究組主任，積極從事相關研究。二二八事件後，編譯館關閉，乃入臺大歷史系任教，曾開「南明史」、「臺灣史」、「臺灣史日文名著選讀」等課，並指導研究臺灣史的博、碩士生完成論文。《臺灣史上的人物》、《南明研究與臺灣文化》是其重要著作。研究古典詩人的詩作與生平、客觀地評論歷史人物，是他對臺灣史最重要的貢獻。

關鍵字

楊雲萍；國立臺灣大學歷史學系；臺灣省編譯館；臺灣史

並列摘要

Professor Yang Yun-ping (1906~2000) taught at the department of history of NTU for 40 years, and was the first to deliver a Taiwan history course at the university after retrocession. Though he was fond of literature and did not have a background in historical research, he inherited Lien Heng's (連橫) and Lin Hsien-t'ang's (林獻堂) historiography. He illuminated the climate of Taiwan historical research before and after the martial law was lifted. His conversion was according to the shift of the times. At the end of the Japanese colonial period, Taiwan was under a wartime system. Though in the border area of the Japanese Empire, it had to support the war effort, even to become a battlefront. As a Taiwanese, Professor Yang could neither not assist in the war effort affirmatively, nor oppose the war directly. The only way for him was to be steeped in Taiwan historical research. Moreover, he wrote an article in the Taiwan Daily News (《臺灣日日新報》) to appeal to the Taihoku Imperial University to enhance Taiwan research. He devoted himself to journalism after the World War II. He commented on current affairs, appealed to recapture our own language and stepped into the historiography of Taiwan history actively. In the meantime, he held the post of Senior Researcher and Director of the Research Department at the Institute of Compilation and Translating of Taiwan Province. After the 228 incident, the institute was closed, and he became a professor in the department of history at NTU. He taught courses on South Ming History, Taiwan History, Selected Japanese Readings in Taiwan History. He supervised graduate students to write master theses and doctorial dissertations, too. His masterpieces include: Taiwan Historical Personages (《臺灣史上的人物》), Studies in South Ming History and Taiwan Culture (《南明研究與臺灣文化》). He studied the poems and biographies of classical poets, and commented on historical characters objectively. This was the precious heritage he left for the Taiwan historical research.