新史學是史學界挑戰舊史學的總標誌。在新史學不斷發展下，新史學也逐漸成為更新的史學理論所挑戰的目標。於是，在新史學的口號下，新史學逐步邁向後現代主義，將史學存在的所有理論基礎完全推翻，使得史學面臨「歷史之死」的困局。後現代主義的挑戰，顯示出新舊史學理論的共同弊病，即是對於「歷史是什麼、歷史有何功能、歷史的主體範圍為何？」等等基本問題，缺乏理論的基礎與一致性。然而，後現代主義史學並沒有解決史學的基本問題，也沒有發現後現代主義本身的弊病，與其他新史學的弊病並無不同，反而在史學原本錯誤的基礎與方向，繼續前進而導致「歷史之死」的困境。本文發現，由於新舊史學皆建立在錯誤的邏輯起點與終點，因此新舊史學皆是錯誤的假史學。本文嘗試對於史學的基本問題進一步探討，從根本上矯正新舊史學共同的弊病，使得史學得以起死回生，而邁向真史學的階段。本文研究發現，新舊史學混淆了歷史與歷史書的定義，並且錯誤地主張歷史只具有過去的性質，忽視歷史同時具有現在性與未來性的本質。新舊史學家對於歷史主體範圍的爭議，只是少數人類與多數人類之爭而已，並沒有正確認識歷史主體的範疇，其實是包括十法界的一切有情。因此，新舊史學家所效忠的對象，以及對於歷史功能的認識也因為狹隘侷限而完全錯誤。新舊史學家產生種種的錯誤，都是因為將歷史的邏輯起點建立在名色二法的相關性，忽視正確的歷史邏輯起點與終點，應該建立在出生名色二法的第八識入胎識如來藏。因為只有建立在如來藏的真史學，才能符合法界的事實真相，使得史學能夠發揮科學與理性的功能，令有情明瞭自己存在的法界地位，並以成就佛道作為努力的目標。因此，真正具有專業知識與能力的史學家，只存在於佛教中，其餘皆非專業的史學家。而菩薩法道的五十二階位的修行次第，則是專業史學家的規格化嚴格訓練與程序。只有親證第八識如來藏的大乘勝義菩薩，才開始具有專業史學家的資格，而可以接受規格化的嚴格訓練與過程。法界中完成五十二階位而最後成就佛道的佛陀，則是最偉大的史學家。所以，佛教是史學的「總政府、總神經系」。

The new historiography is a general mark for the historiographical society to challenge the old historiography. Under the continuous developing of new historiography, gradually, the new historiography has become the target challenged by the newer historiographical theories. Therefore, in the slogan of new historiography, the new historiography marches toward postmodernism step by step, overturns all theoretical bases of historiography, and makes historiography face the predicament of “the death of history.”The challenge from postmodernism reveals a common defect of new and old historiography, i.e., lack of theoretical base and consistency on the basic questions about “What is
history?”, “What function can history have?”, “What is the scope ofsubject of history?”, etc. However, the historiography of postmodernism neither solves the basic questions nor discovers the fact that its defect does not differ from the defect of new historiography; on the contrary, it continues going forward according to the original wrong base and direction of new and old historiographies, and thus results in the predicament of “the death of history.” This article finds both new and old historiographies are wrong, false historiographies because they are all based on the wrong start and end points of logic.The article tries to explore the basic questions of historiography andfundamentally corrects the common defect of new and old historiographies so that the historiography can become alive again and marches toward the stage of the true historiography. This article discovers that both new and old historiographies confuse the definition of history with that of historical book, and wrongly claim that history only has the past characters, neglecting it in fact having the present and future characters at the same time.The argument between new and old historians about the scope of historical subject is only the argument for the minority or majority of human beings; both historians do not correctly recognize that the scope of historical subject in fact includes all sentient beings of the ten dharma-realms. Therefore, the object that the new and old historians pledge themselves to and the functions of history they recognize are also totally wrong due to this narrow scope of subject.
The various mistakes which new and old historians make all result from the fact that they build the logical start point of history on the relationship of name and form dharmas, and neglect the correct start and end points of history should be based on the eighth consciousness, the embryo-entering consciousness, Tathagatagarbha, which gives birth to both name and form dharmas. Only the true historiography based on Tathagatagarbha can conform to the fact of the dharma-realm and make full play of the functions of science and rationality so that the sentient beings can understand their own positions in the dharma-realm and endeavor to practice for Buddhahood.Consequently, the historians who possess the real professional knowledge and capability exist in Buddhism only; the non-Buddhist historians are not professional. The fifty-two practice stages of the Bodhisattva-Way are the normalized strict training and procedure for the professional historian. Only those Mahayana bodhisattvas who have personally realized the eighth consciousness Tathagatagarbha qualify for becoming professional historians and thus can get the normalized strict training and procedure. The Buddha, who has completed the training of the fifty-two stages and attained Buddhahood in the dharma-realm, is the greatest historian. Therefore, Buddhism is the “general government and nervous system” of historiography.