“例示研究古史的一条大道”——再论郭沫若《中国古代社会研究》

“Illustrate A Road of Studying the Ancient”——On Study on Ancient Chinese Society Written by Guo Moruo

《中国古代社会研究》是郭沫若在梁启超提出"新史学"之后探讨近代中国史学发展途径并批判了"整理国故"后的创新之作,具有"例示研究古史的一条大道"的重要意义。该书通过甲骨文、金文及古典文献对中国古代历史发展阶段的分析以及通过中国古代历史来"考验辩证唯物论的适应度"的尝试,确曾对古代历史的真相具有"摸着一些边际"的学术价值。回顾《中国古代社会研究》所引发的长时间的批评与争论固然非常必要,但是在学术语境有了很大变化的今天,这部著作带给我们的启示仍然值得高度重视。

Study on Ancient Chinese Society is Guo Moruo＇ s creative work, after Liang Qichao put forward ＂New History＂ and discussed the development of modem Chinese history and criticized ＂sorting out Chinese classics＂. It is important to ＂illustrate a road of studying the ancient＂. The book analyzes the development stage of the ancient history through the oracle, gold and classical literature, and tests the fitness of the dialectical materialism, which indeed has the academic value to the truth of ancient history. It is very necessary to review the criticism and controversy caused by Study on Ancient Chinese Society in a long time, but today we still should attach importanceto the enlightenment by the work.