故宫博物院藏殷墟甲骨文整理与研究项目缘起

The Genesis and Initiation of The Research Project into The Palace Museum Collected Oracle Bone Inscriptions from The Yin Ruins

故宫博物院藏殷墟甲骨来源有三:一是公家调拨,二是私人捐赠,三是院方收购(含没收)。其中,公家调拨的加拿大人明义士旧藏于北平华北联合语言学校(简称华语学校)的甲骨,因其数量众多,价值巨大,而是否藏于故宫博物院,又存在不同说法,受到学术界广泛关注。本文简要梳理了故宫博物院明义士旧藏甲骨的来龙去脉,介绍了故宫博物院藏殷墟甲骨文整理与研究项目的缘起,并对该项目的价值进行了评说。

The oracle bones from the Yin Ruins are collected in The Palace Museum via individual contribution, official allocation and purchase(confiscation included) as well. It remains a concern among the academia whether the large number of valuable inscribed oracle bones of Canadian James Mellon Menzies that were once preserved in The North China Union Language School in Beiping was later allocated officially into The Palace Museum. Therefore this thesis focuses upon the ins and outs of his collection as well as the genesis of the research project into the oracle bone inscriptions of The Palace Museum.