略论梁启超的《古书真伪及其年代》——文献辨伪学史上一部里程碑式著作

Research on The Authenticity of Ancient Books and Their Age Written by Liang Qichao——A Milestone Book in the History of the Documents Discrimination Study

《古书真伪及其年代》在文献辨伪学史上是一部里程碑式著作。该书全面系统地总结了伪书的成因、种类及辨伪的方法等,一度被学界奉为辨伪圭臬。然而随着学术研究和考古实践不断发展,发现该书在对古书的认识、辨伪方法、古书评价等方面存在缺陷。因此在辨伪实践中要客观地看待该书的价值。

The Authenticity of Ancient Books and Their Ages is a milestone book in the history of the documents discrimination study. It comprehensively and systematically summarizes the causes of variations, types and discrimination methods of fake books, and it was regarded as the classic of academic standards in a long time. With the constantly development of academic research and archaeological practice, this book has been discovered there were many defects, such as the understanding of the ancient books, the methods of ancient books discrimination and the evaluation of ancient books. Therefore, its value should be looked upon with objective view.