建国六十年来甲骨学研究的回顾与展望

Review and Prospect of the study of Oracles During the Last 60 Years Since the Founding Of PRC

殷墟甲骨文的发现,其意义可与古埃及的罗赛塔石的发现相媲美,它开启了中国早期历史研究的进程。建国前的甲骨学研究,主要有甲骨文字的认定、时代及出土地点的判定、殷墟科学发掘、藏品的著录、文字的考释、分期的研究等。建国后的60年,甲骨学的主要成果有殷墟发掘的恢复、甲骨资料的集中公布、甲骨分期的深入研究等。甲骨学的研究要用考古学的研究方法作基础,应进一步研究甲骨的卜法,还要注意殷墟以外出土的商周甲骨,同时还要在甲骨学的基本工作上即考释文字方面多加努力。

The discovery of oracles,which is as meaningful as that of Rosetta Stone in Egypt,starts the research of early Chinese history.The research before the founding of PRC of oracles included the authentication of oracles,their times,etc..After the founding of PRC the achievements included the restoration of Yinxu and the deep research of the period of oracles.The study of oracles should be based on the methodology of archaeology and further the study of inscriptions.At the same time,more attention should be paid to the philological studies of ancient texts.