关岭“红岩天书”新解

A New Interpretation about The Abstruse Writing of the Red Cliff in Guanling

“红岩天书”自明代弘治年间发现以来,历代文人学士前往摹拓、考证大有人在,对它的解读也是众说纷纭,成为一段至今未了的学术公案。本文梳理了古今各家之说,着重对其中最有影响的诸葛武侯遗迹说、殷高宗伐鬼方遗迹说、大禹治水遗迹说、苗夷民族文字说等四家说法进行深入考证、辨伪,对其合理部分给以充分肯定,同时指出其谬误之处,最后提出自己的观点:“红岩天书”是“土著民族的岩画”。

Since The Abstruse Writing of the Red Cliff has been found during the regime of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, many scholars have come to carve and research. The interpretations about it vary from person to person, and have become a controversial issue to this day. The present paper has collected the ancient and contemporary opinions, and attached great importance to the four most influential groups of opinions, such as the interpretation of Zhuge Wuhou, of Yinggaozong＇s attacking in Guifang, of Dayu who controlled the water and of the Miao writing. The writers have affirmed their reasonable parts, pointed out the mistakes and put forward their own opinion： The Abstruse Writing of the Red Cliff is cliff painting of the aboriginals.