对祖国上古史应更新认识——在宁波大学的讲演

A NEW VIEW OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHINA

本文根据作者近著《金文新考》的考证,论述炎、黄氏族原居陕西,帝少皞葬于山东曲阜,因于母系时代婚姻制度之遗风;黄帝与其后裔非传说,有文字可征;应用古五帝金文可证帝少皞之建制;颛项为黄帝有熊氏外孙,昌意乃有熊氏女,而'舜妻祖姑'非为信史;殷墟出土之礼器命名为'妇好墓'的当称为'司母辛墓',实乃夏禹伏牺氏后裔;帝喾、帝挚、唐尧、虞舜、夏禹为军事民主制过渡到世袭;自炎帝以降,中华上古支皆有文字可证,对'五四'以来疑古派提出挑战。

As set forth in his monumental work, A New Study of Inscriptions on Ancient Bronze, the lecturer cites facts to show that the Yan and Huang clans lived in Shangxi, but Emperot Shao Hao came to be buried at Qufu in Shangdong because he had been married off there according to the matriarchal marriage custom. Emperor Huang Di and his descendants were not lengendary figures but real people whose existence can be proved by inscribed records.Emperor Shao Hao's institutions can be testified by bronze insriptions. Zhuan Xu was a son of Chang Yi, daughter of Huang Di of the Bear Clan. The story of 'Shun marrying his grand aunt' is not true history. Sacrificial vessels unearthed from a tomb at Yin Xu said to be the 'Fu Hao Tomb' should be renamed 'the Simu Xin Tomb', who was in fact a descendant of Fu Xi, Emperor Yu of the Xia dynasty. From Emperor Gao, Emperor Zhi, Emperor Yao of Tang, Emperor Shun of Yu, to Emperor Yu of Xia there was a transition from the military democratic system to the hereditary system. The ancient history of China can be traced right up to Emperor Yan by inscribed and written records. This is a challenge to most historians from the time of the May 4th Movement of 1919, who are sceptical about the existence of the early emperors.