顾颉刚先生的《诗》《书》研究及相关问题

On Mr.GU Jie-gang's Studies of the Classics of Poetry ad Documents

顾颉刚先生以《诗》《书》研究证明尧舜禹并不存在的结论和研究方法与先秦古史文献体系构成了矛盾。坚持这种观点和方法的结果,必然导致对先秦古史文献作出系列性的否定,使古史研究结果变得更不可靠。研究先秦古史应坚持文献与实物并重而以文献为主的原则。

Mr. GU Jie-gang＇s conclusion that traditionally asserted sage rulers Yao and Shun were but made-up Confucian figures by his studies of the classics of Poetry and Documents contradicts literary records about the ancient history of China recorded in the pre-Qin literatures. Adherence to this view and method will inevitably leads to a series of denial of the authenticity of the pre-Qin literatures, and makes the studies of ancient history of China more unreliable. It is advisable to take both the transmitted documents and excavated documents into account with the transmitted documents as main testimonies.