It applies to traditional historians who view history as only external and internal criticism of sources and to social science historian who equate their activity with specific techniques.

这适用于传统的历史学家和社会科学历史学家。前者把历史看成内部和外部的资源斗争，后者则把他们的行为当做具体的技术。

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Anyone studying China with any social science must sooner or later be engaged with the fact that he has also to be a historian.

任何人用任何社会科学来研究中国或早或迟得面对一个事实，即他也得是一个历史学家。

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