魏建功《古音系研究》的科学精神

The Scientific Mind of Wei Jiangong Reflected from "A Study on the Ancient Sound System

《古音系研究》是已故著名语言学家魏建功先生的一部力作。该书以如何研究古音系及如何建立语音史和语言史为宗旨 ,详述古音系的分期和内容 ,论列古音系材料十种 ,其中五种均为旧音韵学书籍难以觅见的 ,弥足珍贵。书中所征引、所讨论的中外时贤的论著达数十种之多 ;所讨论的范围、所涉及的资料上自甲骨文 ,下迄婴儿学语的讹音 ,东自日语、朝鲜语汉字音 ,西至敦煌遗书 ,可谓囊括古今 ,包举宇内。《古音系研究》堪称音韵学乃至语言学领域内最富时代气息和战斗精神的著作 ,书中一以贯之的“综论古今通塞 ,尚论群贤得失”的科学精神 。

A Study on the Ancient Sound System' is a masterpiece by Wei Jiangong, the famous deceased linguist. The book focuses on how to construct the history of sounds and languages, elaborates on the classification of sound development stages and major contents at each stage and presents a list of ten ancient sound materials, five of which are rare editions. The more than ten Chinese and foreign works quoted and discussed in the book include oracles in the ancient times and raving sounds uttered by children today. The ranges of discussion cover Japanese and the Chinese sounds in Korean in the east, and Dunhuang surviving books in the west. This book can be rated as the most robust works with the flavor and fighting spirit of the present time, because it makes a survey of both the ancient and present literature and comments on the success and failure of the former outstanding scholars.