《古代都城与帝陵考古学研究》读后

Book Review: Archaeological Studies of Capitals and Imperial Mausoleums in Ancient China

陈寅恪先生曾经说过：“一时代之学术，必有其新材料与新问题。取用此材料。以研求问题，则为此时代学术之新潮流”。对古代都城与帝陵的研究，自古及今，倍受治史者的关注。刘庆柱先生的论文集《古代都城与帝陵考古学研究》(下文所引资料未注明出处者均出自该论文集)，便是利用考古新材料，研究秦汉都城与帝陵的一部时代力作。

The present paper is a book review of Prof. Liu Qingzhu's work Archaeological Studies of Capitals and Imperial Mausoleums in Ancient China. It divides the treatises of the book into four items: studies of the Qin and Han capitals (Xianyang and Chang'an) ; studies of the Qin and Han institution of mausoleum precinct building; studies of tile-ends in the Warring States and Qin-Han periods; and studies of Han bone labels. The latter two are essentially studies of representative objects from capitals and imperial mausoleums. Furthermore, the author analyses Liu's thought of learning, pointing out that he pays great attention to the study of historical problems by using archaeological sources, to giving full play to the distinctive features and advantages of archaeology of historic times, and to the study of theoretical problems in the discipline. In addition, the author states briefly the history of the study of ancient Chinese capitals and the relationship of archaeology with history.