由先商王亥史事论顾颉刚先生的古史建设

1926年《古史辨》第一册出版,标志着古史辨派(又称疑古派)的建立。同年,顾颉刚先生写了《(周易卦爻辞)中的故事》一文,列举《周易》的记载认定先商有易杀王亥取仆牛的史实,其中借用了王国维的研究结果。顾颉刚先生撰此文本来做的是一个反题,但正如他自己所说,“破坏和建设只是一事的两面”,所以此文实为顾颉刚先生在古史建设方面最重要的成就之一,在古史建设方面具有重要意义。

Gu Jiegang's Thought on the Construction of Ancient Chinese History seen from the Case of Wang Hai in the Pre-Shang Period

The publication of the first volume of Differentiating the Ancient Chinese History in 1926 marked the beginning of Differentiating the Ancient Chinese History school (also called the Antiquity Doubt School).In the same year,Gu Jiegang wrote the paper An Event in Zhou Yi Gua Yao Ci in which by citing all the records in Zhou Yi The Book of changes he confirmed the historical fact that You Yi killed Wang Hai in order to get the bull in the pre Shang period.Gu Jiegang borrowed some study resulted from Wang Guowei in his paper but he intended his paper to be an antithesis.He claimed that "destruction and construction are two sides of a matter",therefore his paper can be viewed as one of his most important achievements in the construction of the ancient Chinese history,and of great significance in this field.