试论郭店楚简的文化史意义

The Cultural History Meaning of Bamboo-books of Chu-tombs in Guodian

在郭店楚简面世之前，由于出土楚器物的独特性以及传统上认为的楚人精神文化别成一家，加以文献中某些楚“不与中国”的记载，导致楚文化史学界形成了楚与中原文化分流对立的强势观点。基于这一观点，楚文化史学界对文献中同样存在的楚人依中原文化立论以及中原文化在楚地流布的记载加以忽视或别解。在此学术背景下，郭店楚简的面世以及其中儒道两家文献并存、两家文献中都含有世不经见的内容的基本事实，对于重新审视楚文化与中原文化分流对立的观点具有崭新的、特别重要的意义。

This thesis has discussed, from the relatively wide angle, the cultural meaning of the Bamboo--books of the Chu--tombs in Guodian and the relationship of the Chu culture and the Central Plains culture. Before the excavation of the Bamboo-books, it was strongly believed in the Circle of Chu-cultural history research that the Chu culture was separate from or even opposite to the Central Plains culture. Thisviewpoint was 'formed based on the uniqueness of the unearthed Chu implements, the distinctness of theChu culture regarded traditionally, and the records in ancient documents about the Chu 'distinguishing itself from the Central Plains'. Because of this viewpoint, the circle of the Chu cultural history research neglected or even misinterpreted the other records in the ancient documents that the Chu people's viewpointscame from the Central Plains culture and the Central Plains culture spread in the Chu area. Under this academic background, it is of particular importance that the Bamboo--books were excavated, because the Bamboo--books contain both the Confucian and the Taoist works'and the works of the two schools embody thecontents which had never been seen before. Therefore, the Bamboo-books will be certainly helpful for reexamining the viewpoint that the Chu culture was separate from or even opposite to the Central Plains culture.