书信中的历史——《传薪有斯人》读书记

A History of Written Messages:A Review of the Book《传薪有斯人》

《传薪有斯人》一书是张光直与李济、凌纯声、高去寻、夏鼐诸位先生的通信集,共收书信192通,约23万字,时间跨度从20世纪50年代中期到80年代中期。这些书信绝大多数为首次披露,具有难得的考古学史史料价值,从中我们可以看到张光直从一个普通学子到世界著名考古学家的成长过程、台湾考古的兴衰、中国考古学走向世界的艰难历程,以及中国第一、二代考古学家们崇高的精神境界。

Prometheus in Chinese Archaeology is a volume of the correspondences between K. C. Chang and Li Chi, Ling Shun - sheng, Kao Chu -hsun, Xia Nai. It includes 192 letters （about 230, 000 words） from 1950s to 1980s. Most of them are published firstly and the data are very valuable for the history of Chinese Archaeology. From these correspondences, we can know more about Mr. Chang＇ experiences from a student to a famous scholar, how Chinese Archaeology walked up to the world difficultly and the early Chinese archaeologists＇ great spirits.