从古文字研究中国古代建筑——以后藤朝太郎在日本建筑学会的演讲为例

Researching Ancient Chinese Architecture from Ancient Chinese Characters——Taking Goto Asataro’s Speech at the Architectural Society of Japan as an Example

受近代东洋建筑与中国建筑研究先驱伊东忠太的启发和倡议,汉学家后藤朝太郎1912年在日本建筑学会上连续发表了以“从文字看中国古代建筑”为题的系列演讲,但这些演讲稿在中日两国近代建筑史上并未提及。梳理“从古文字研究古建筑”这一研究思想的起源,分析以汉学成就闻名的后藤朝太郎从文字研究中国古代建筑的背景,并归纳与总结其发表的中国古代建筑研究理论体系与研究成果,对中国近代建筑研究史重新溯源并探寻其滥觞,以期为建筑史研究与建筑考古学研究提供参考。

Inspired and advocated by Ito Chuta, a pioneer of modern Oriental architecture and Chinese architecture research, sinologist Goto Asataro delivered a series of lectures on “Viewing Chinese Ancient Architecture from Ancient Chinese Characters” at the Architectural Society of Japan in 1912. These speeches are not mentioned in the modern architectural history of China and Japan. This paper sorts out the origin of the research idea of “researching ancient architecture from ancient Chinese characters”, analyzes the background of Goto Asataro, who is famous for his achievements in sinology, studying ancient Chinese architecture from ancient Chinese characters, and summarizes the theoretical system and theory of ancient Chinese architecture research published by him. The research has retraced the history of modern Chinese architectural research and explored its origin, in order to provide reference for the research of architectural history and architectural archaeology.