从文字文本到文化文本:《宗子维城》与西周史重构

From Written Text to Cultural Text:Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius and the Reconstruction of Western Zhou History

文本的概念不应圈囿于纸质文献,多元的文本样态(包括口传、仪式、器物等)应当被关注。文化文本作为大于文字文本或语言文本的概念,将语言文字符号以及非语言的符号统合在一起,从整体性上还原了文化本有的样貌。《宗子维城》作为一部讲“物证”的力作,聚焦出土器物,重述文化,解码符号,用第四重证据重构西周史。应当说,从文字文本到文化文本,《宗子维城》很好地实践了文学人类学的文化文本理论,新发现和新见解亦丰富了我们对周代社会的认识。

The concept of text should not be confined to the paper documents,and the diversified text patterns(including oral transmission,ritual,utensils,etc.)should be paid attention to.As a concept larger than written or linguistic text,cultural text integrates verbal symbols and non-verbal symbols together,restoring the original appearance of culture as a whole.Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius,as a masterpiece of“physical evidence”,focuses on unearthed artifacts,restates culture,decodes symbols,and uses the fourth evidence to reconstruct the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty.It should be said that from written text to cultural text,the book has not only practiced the cultural text theory of literary anthropology,but also enriched our understanding of the society of the Zhou Dynasty with new discoveries and insights.