湖南文献史概述

Summary of History of Hunan Documentation

三国以前,史载湖南文献寥寥数种且全部失传,几乎是湖南文献的空白期,然出土文献却异常丰富,如里耶秦简、马王堆帛书、走马楼吴简等。二晋南北朝时,湖南已出现成型的专著,其中一些在当时还颇有影响,如《晋纪》、《阴常侍集》等。隋唐五代是湖南文献的发展期,由于雕版印刷术的发明,湖南已有著述完整流传下来。宋元是湖南文献的完善期,各个领域都有文献产生,湖南文献已赶上全国文献发展的步伐。明代是湖南文献的兴盛期,数量较宋元有了显著增长。清代是湖南文献的繁荣期,在一些领域出现了全国领军人物。民国时期,湖南文献数量及种类已超过以往历代之总和,内容也较古代有了质的变化。

Before Three Kingdoms a few kinds of Hunan literature was all lost and almost a blank period and unusually rich Hunan literature has unearthed such as Liye Qin bamboo slips, Wawangdui and Zoumalou Wu bamboo slips, etc. In Jin Dynasty, Southern and Northern Dynasty some still influential books appeared such as Jin Ji, Yin Chang Shi Ji,etc. Sui Tang and the Five Dynasties were the development stages of Hunan literature due to the invention of the printing that some books are still extant in Hunan. Song and Yuan Dynasty were the perfecting stages of Hunan literature to catch up with the pace of the development of the national literature. Ming Dynasty was the prosperous stage of Hunan literature that the amount had increased significantly in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. Qing Dynasty was the Hunan literature boom that appeared some national scholar leaders in several areas. During the period of the Republic of China, Hunan literature quantity and types had more than the sum total of all previous dynasties and the content had qualitative change in comparison with ancient.