简论《四库全书》及其申遗的可能性

A Brief Analysis of Si Ku Quan Shu and Its Possibility of Application for the Memory of the World

《四库全书》是中国历史上规模最大的一部官修丛书。《四库全书》的编纂处在中国帝制的晚期,也是传统学术自觉总结的关键期。众多一流学者在乾隆皇帝的指导下,开始有意识地进行学术研究,并将其主要成果汇集在《四库全书》中。随着世界各国保护各自文明的步伐不断加快,'四库全书'申请世界记忆遗产的计划也应该提上日程。其申遗的当务之急是要以当今学术眼光,厘清《四库全书》的价值,并在此基础上,总结归纳'四库全书'文化群概念。这是《四库全书》申遗过程中必不可少的两个步骤。

As the largest official collection of books in ancient China, Si Ku Quan Shu has been compiled in the late imperial China which was a critical period for the traditional scholarship, summarizing its results consciously. Under the guidance of Emperor Qianlong, groups of outstanding scholars started to engage in academic research purposefully, and assembled their major achievement in Si Ku Quan Shu. Nowadays, different countries have already sped up efforts in order to protect their civilization all over the world. So, the application for the Memory of the World of Si Ku Quan Shu should be put on agenda immediately. The first priority is to assess its academic value with the modern insight, and, on this basis,defining the concept of the cultural groups for Si Ku Quan Shu. That might be two essential steps in the process of application.