“文化文本”如何重建?——评叶舒宪《图说中华文明发生史》的范式创新

How to Reconstruct the "Cultural Text"——A Comment on the Paradigm Innovation of Ye Shuxian's "The Pictorial Illustration of Chinese Civilization History"

回到文明发生期的远古"现场",不仅要解读考古发现的物质文化玉礼器,更要揭示华夏先民的神话信仰和思想观念。叶舒宪教授《图说中华文明发生史》一书,贯穿着重建失落的"文化文本"之学术理念,是重新进入新国学知识体系升级版的门径。摆脱学科壁垒的束缚,借镜人类学和艺术史的关照方式,让大量新出土文物的图像叙事链,充当重建"文化文本"的主要符号媒介。这对以文字知识为圭臬的传统知识观,是一种大胆而有效的拓展。让与时俱进的新资料引领学术变革方向,提升人文学的整体阐释力,加深对文化传统的认知深度。

Returning to the ancient＂living spot＂of the period of civilization,it is necessary not only to interpret the material culture ritual jade wares discovered by archaeology,but also to reveal the mythological beliefs and ideas of the ancestors of China.The Pictorial Illustration of Chinese Civilization History by Professor Ye Shuxian which advocates the academic concept in the reconstruction of the lost＂cultural text＂is the gateway to go into an upgraded version of the new studies of Chinese ancient civilization.Freed from the shackles of disciplinary barriers,and through the way of anthropology and art history,this book uses the image narrative chain of a large number of newly unearthed cultural relics as the main symbolic medium for reconstructing＂cultural texts＂.This view of traditional knowledge,which is based on the character knowledge,is a brave and effective expansion.It makes the new materials that keep pace with the times lead the direction of academic change,enhance the overall interpretation of humanities,and deepen the cognitive depth of cultural traditions.