中国古代文明及其研究

Chinese Ancient Civilization and Relevant Research

自然科学和人文社会科学的结合与融会是世界科学发展的趋势 ,“夏商周断代工程”是这一趋势下产生的一个项目 ,旨在用自然科学和人文社会科学相结合的方法 ,来研究夏、商、西周的年代学问题。其目的有二 :一是做一个有现代科学根据的三代年表 ;二是为进一步用多学科相结合的方法研究中国古代文明起源问题打下一个基础。现在 ,“夏商周断代工程”已经告一段落 ,下一步就要研究中国古代文明的起源问题。

The fusion of natural and social science has become the tendency of world science development. 'Research Project on the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty' is a research project under the influence of this tendency. It is a study on the chronology of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty by combining natural and social science. Two objectives are to be reached through this research. One is to form a chronology of the three dynasties based on modern science. The other is to lay the foundation for the further study of the origin of Chinese ancient civilization by means of multi disciplinary research. At present, this project has been fulfilled and the further research on the origin of Chinese ancient civilization will be of great significance for the study of human beings' civilization origin.