张承志的《心灵史》以历史人类学的视野书写哲合忍耶教派的宗教文化精神的发展史。在书写方法上,《心灵史》以历史民族志的书写方法将历史文献与“历史田野”相结合,并以历史想象描叙历史情境。《心灵史》不是纯粹的历史学著作,它沟通了历史、人类学和文学,形成了一种复合型文本。
Zhang Chengzhi's A History of the Soul describes the history of Jahriyya's cultural spirit from a historical anthropology perspective. As for the writing methods, the book combines historical document research with historical field re search, and uses historical imagination to depict historical scenario. It is not a pure history work, but a complex text composed of history, anthropology, and literature.