两种视野下的炎帝研究与其给出的启示

The study of Yan-di under two fields of vision and its enlightenment

1、中国考古学者的编史倾向使其对炎帝问题的研究表现出浓厚的兴趣,发表了大量的相关论著,但考察他们的研究可以看出,他们并没有提供任何可以“确证”为炎帝的遗物,仅是根据某些考古理论与材料提出种种假设,以考古学为基础重建的“古史”目前还看不出多少“史”的意味。2、历史学界关于炎帝也提出了多种看法,彼此之间争论不休,稍作分析即可看出也都是因为对待材料与证据的态度不同引出的。3、依据现代历史观念,不是所有资料全都可以成为历史证据的,只有那些能“确证”过去发生的事情的记述与文物才具备历史证据的资格。重新检视目前已有的历史观,即历史真实如何可能或意味着什么的问题,才是解决相关研究出现混乱与矛盾的根本所在。

Chinese archaeologor＇ s tending toward compiling history made themselves publish a large number of research reports for antient history of Yan- di（炎帝）, which based on not providing confident vestige from Yah- di , but on hypothesis deduced from some archaeology theory or material. Historior＇ s all sorts of opinions on Yan- di were more or less led by the different attitude to certain material and evidence, while people take enough knowledge of what material can be historical evidence. Inspired by all those research, the author thinks which leads to the present chaotic situation is to reexamine existing historical views, and to recognize correctly the role and method between literature and archaeology material.