A Preliminary Study on the Interpretation of Ancient Books

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"APreliminaryStudyontheInterpretationofAncientBooks·SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan"

EditorinchargeofHuangXianfan:JiangXiaoyuandHuangWenkui

GuangxiNormalUniversityPress

1steditioninAugust2004

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Introduction

"APreliminaryStudyontheInterpretationofAncientBooks——HuangXianfanSelectedAcademicPaperswaspublishedbyGuangxiNormalUniversityPressinJuly2004.

"AlthoughtheessayscollectedinthisbookareonlyasmallpartofHuangLao’sworks,theyspanhalfacentury,andthecontentinvolvespre-Qinhistory,middleancienthistory,linguistics,sociallifehistory,ThefieldsofZhuangstudiesandthesocialandhistoricalinvestigationsofethnicminoritiesfullyreflectHuangLao’sprofoundknowledgeandnationalideas.Ipersonallybelievethatthepracticalsignificanceofthepublicationofthisbookliesnotonlyinitsownacademicandhistoricalvalue,butalsoinitsownvalue.ItisbecauseitcanencourageyoungerscholarstostudyHuangLaoindepth,tofurtherunderstandHuangLao’shistoriographyandnationalthoughts,andtodeepentheunderstandingofHuangLao’senduringhumiliationinadversityandhispersistenceinZhuangstudies.Thisstemsfromhim.Fromthebottomofmyheart,IfirmlybelievethatthevariousethnicgroupsinChinahavetheirownsplendidhistoryandculture,andadvocatethediversifiedconceptofunity,equalityandcommondevelopmentofallethnicgroups,soastocontinuetoinherithiskindofcouragetoexploreacademicallyandstrivefortherevitalizationofnationalculture.Thespiritofselflessdedication..."(Note1)

"AtthetimeofProfessorHuang’s100thbirthday,theyoungergenerationsofscholarscompiledthepapersandmanuscriptspublishedbyProfessorHuangduringhislifetimeintothisbookforpublication.Thisisundoubtedlyofgreatsignificance.Manyoftheessaysreceivedinthisbookarestillrare,anditcanbesaidtobethebestacademicbooktounderstandtheoverviewofProfessorHuang’slifelongacademicresearch.Someofthemareinthefirst.TheessaysonthesocialhistoryofTang,Song,andYuanwerepublishedinthe1930sbeforeWorldWarII,somewereonthesocialhistoryofancientChinapublishedduringthewar,andtheNongZhigaouprisingandtherebellionafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.PapersonthesocialdevelopmentoftheZhuangnationality.Thesepapershavehadasignificantimpactontheacademiccircle..."(Note2)

"Asapost-student,IamnothingbutProfessorHuangTaoliallovertheworld.Disciplesofthatkindof'teacherforaday,fatherforlife',darenotpresumetocommentonProfessorHuangLao’sextensiveandprofoundacademicsystem.Theyonlyhavealittleunderstandingandtalkaboutalittleunderstanding.Ithink:ProfessorHuang’sknowledgeisonlyLikeatoweringtree,nationalthoughtistheroot,historyisthemaintask,sociology,culturalstudies,linguistics,anthropology,andZhuangstudiesarethebranches.Theleavesandfruitsarearticlesandworks.BecausetherootsofthetreearedeeplyrootedintheChinesenationalcultureInthefertilesoilofChina,itcanevenbedeep-rooted,dryandthick,withthickbranchesandlushleaves.Amongthem,strongacademicsareuniqueandoutstanding.Thepapersreceivedin"APreliminaryInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan",thatis,fromthesideWeshowedthatProfessorHuangLao’sacademicstudiesseemtobecomplexandvaried,butitisactuallyatreeofclearanddemonstrablemainveinsandbranches.”(Note3)

Comment

(1)Preface1of"AnIntroductiontoInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan"byWeiChunshu.(TheauthorofthisprefaceistheformerchairmanofthePeople’sGovernmentofGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion)

(2)Preface2of"AnInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan"byMakotoTsukada.(Theauthorofthispreface,MakotoTsukada,currentNationalMuseumofEthnologyinJapanProfessoranddoctoraltutor,isanauthorityoncontemporaryJapanesestudiesofChineseZhuangstudies)p>

(3)Thethirdprefaceof"AnInterpretationofAncientBooks:SelectedAcademicEssaysbyHuangXianfan"byMarkBender.(TheauthorofthisprefaceisanexpertincontemporaryAmericanstudiesofChineseethnicminorityoralliterature,PhDinlanguageandliterature,andiscurrentlyaprofessorintheDepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteraturesatOhioStateUniversity'sCollegeofAnthropology.)

AuthorandBookEvaluation

"APreliminaryExplorationoftheInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan"

PrefaceOne

WeiChunshu(FormerChairmanofthePeople'sGovernmentofGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion)

1999(November13)markedthe100thanniversaryofthebirthofProfessorHuangXianfan,thelatefamoushistorianandmasterofZhuangStudiesinChina.Asoneofhiscommemorativeactivities,"APreliminaryExplorationoftheInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicEssaysbyHuangXianfan"waseditedandpublished.Itwillundoubtedlybeaverymeaningfulthing.Thecomradesintheeditingteamofthisbookaskedmetowriteaprefacetothebook.Originally,Iwasnotgoodatliterarywords,butoutofadversity,Iwaspragmaticandoutspoken.Inadversity,Iwasstillloyaltothenationalculturalundertakings.Ifeelhonoredandobligatory.

LaoHuangwasborninapoorpeasantfamilyinZhuangTownship,SouthwestChina.Hisroadtostudywasquitetortuous,andhislifejourneywasquitebumpy.Forthisreason,heformedtheextraordinarypersonalityofhistenaciousstruggleandunreturnedlifeandtheloftybeliefofdiligenceandcourage.HestudiedatBeijingNormalUniversityinhisearlyyearsandstudiedfornineyears.Aftergraduation,hewenttoTokyoImperialUniversityResearchInstitutefortwoyearstostudy.Hewasoncefortunatetoberigorouslyeducatedandacademicallyinfluencedbymanyhistoriansatfamousuniversitiesathomeandabroad.Strongandsolidhistoricalfoundation.Thiskindofself-improvementspiritanddeepacademicfoundationaretwoimportantconditionsforHuangLaotomakegreatercontributionstothenationalculturalundertakingsinthefuture.

HuangLaohasbeenengagedinhistoricalresearchformorethan50years.Heishard-workinganddiligentinwriting.Hehaseditedandtranslated"TheOutlineofChineseGeneralHistory","HighSchoolForeignHistory","TheLifeofFarmersinYuanDynasty"whenhewasstudying.,"SocialOutlineoftheTangDynasty","SongDynastyTaishuoNationalSalvationMovement"andotherbooksandpublishedmanyhistoricalpapers.Afterreturningfromstudyingabroad,hehasbeenengagedinteachingworkincollegesanduniversitiesforalongtime,andatthesametimedevotedhisenergytothestudyofsociallifehistoryandethnology,andhaswrittenfruitfulbooks.EspeciallyinthefieldofZhuanglearning.HuangLao'simportantcontributiontoZhuanglearningismainlymanifestedinhismeticulousstartingfromthebasicwork.Heattachesgreatimportancetofieldinvestigationsandcollectingfirst-handhistoricalmaterials.Hehaspersonallyorganizedandparticipatedinethnicminoritysocio-historicalacademicinvestigationsdozensoftimes,andtraveledthroughouttheminorityareasintheregion.HehasparticipatedinthevisitoftheCentralNationalitiesDelegation.Heonceledalarge-scaleinvestigationbytheGuangxiMinoritySocialHistoryInvestigationGroup.HehasparticipatedinethnicaffairsactivitiesoftheNationalPeople'sCongressEthnicCommittee.Onthebasisofcomprehensivelysortingoutandsystematicallyresearchingthelargeamountofsurveydatahehascollected,hestrivestomakescientificexplanationsandreasonableconclusionsonimportantacademicissuessuchastheorigin,socialnature,historicalfigures,cultureandartoftheZhuangnationality.HuangLao'sresearchresultsonthehistoryandcultureoftheZhuangnationalityarethecrystallizationofthedialecticalunityoftheoryandpractice,andarefullyaffirmedandhighlypraisedbytheethnologicalcommunity.AsfarasIknow,HuangLaoisthefirstprofessoroftheZhuangnationalityinmycountry.His"ABriefHistoryoftheChildreninGuangxi"isthefirstmonographonthehistoryoftheZhuangnationalityinChina,whichfillsthegapsinthestudyofnationalhistoryinmycountry;"NongZhigao"ismycountry'sfirstmonographtostudythehistoricalfiguresoftheZhuangnationality;itclarifiesthehistoricalstigmaimposedonNongZhigaobythefeudaldynastyfornearlyathousandyears;the"GeneralHistoryoftheZhuangNationality"co-authoredbyhimandhisstudentsisthefirstZhuangnationalityinmycountryThegeneralhistoryhasgreatlyenrichedtheresultsofthestudyofethnicminoritiesinourcountry.HepioneeredagenerationofZhuangstudies,soitcanbesaidthatHuangLaoisoneofthefoundersofthe20thcenturyacademiccareerinmycountry.

AlthoughtheessayscollectedinthisbookareonlyasmallpartofHuangLao’swritings,theyspanhalfacentury,andthecontentinvolvespre-Qinhistory,middleancienthistory,linguistics,sociallifehistory,andThefieldsofscienceandthesocialhistoryofethnicminoritiesfullyreflectHuangLao’sprofoundknowledgeandnationalideas.Ipersonallythinkthatthepracticalsignificanceofthepublicationofthisbookliesnotonlyinitsownacademicandhistoricaldatavalue,butmoreimportantly,itcanencourageyoungerscholarstostudyHuangLaoindepthandtofurtherunderstandHuangLao’shistoriographyandhistory.NationalideologyanddeepenunderstandingofHuangLao’spersistenthumiliationandpersistenceinZhuangstudiesdespiteadversity.ThisstemsfromthefactthathealwaysfirmlybelievesthatthevariousethnicgroupsinChinahavetheirownbrillianthistoryandculture,andadvocatestheunity,equalityandcommonalityofallethnicgroups.Thediversifiedconceptofdevelopmenthascontinuouslyinheritedhisselflessdedicationspiritofbeingbraveinacademicexplorationandstrivingfortherevitalizationofnationalculturalundertakings.

ThisismyunderstandingofHuangLao'slifeandhismoralarticles,aswellasmyexpectationsoftheculturalvalueandhistoricalsignificanceofthepublicationofthisbook,asapreface.

PrefaceII

TsukataMakoto(DoctorSupervisor,NationalMuseumofEthnology,Japan)

"APreliminaryStudyontheInterpretationofAncientBooks-SelectedAcademicEssaysbyHuangXianfan"Therefore,alargenumberofacademicpaperswrittenbyProfessorHuangXianfan,amasterofZhuangnationalitystudies,arecompiledfromthecollectionofpapersonsocialhistoryandculturalhistorythatarehighlyrepercussiveandacademicallyvaluable.ProfessorHuangXianpanwasbornintheZhuangnationality.Astheauthorofthegloriousbook"ABriefHistoryoftheChildreninGuangxi"inthehistoricalresearchoftheZhuangnationality,heiswell-knownintheChineseandJapaneseacademiccircles.HeisthemostrepresentativeethnologistandhistorianinGuangxi,Chinainthe20thcentury.one.

AcademiccirclesgenerallybelievethatthefirstappearanceofChineseethnographyinthemodernsense,basedonfieldinvestigationsandresearch,mostlybeganinthethirtiesofthe20thcentury,whenethnologicalresearchwasflourishingbeforethefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.1940s.InGuangxi,LiuXifan's"LingbiaoJiman"(1934,CommercialPress)isamasterpiece."LingbiaoJiman"isbasedonfieldsurveysinethnicminorityareas.Inthebook,theauthortreatsethnicminoritiesandHannationalitiesasequalsandtreatsthemasequals.Itbreaksawayfromthetraditional"LocalChronicles"ethnichistoryview.Itcanbesaidtobeofgreatimportance.Significantresearchresults."ABriefHistoryoftheZhuangNationalityinGuangxi"isbasedonawealthoffieldinvestigationsandrigorousandmeticulousliteratureresearchfromtheperspectiveoftheZhuangpeopleunderthebackgroundthatthegovernmentimplementedtheethnicequalitypolicyafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaandtheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionisabouttobeestablished.Asaresult,ahistoryofresistanceagainstvariousdiscriminationandoppressionoftheZhuangnationalityhasbeencompiledsinceancienttimes.InadditiontothemainnarrationofthepoliticalandsocialinequalitythattheZhuangpeoplehavebeenplacedbythefeudalrulingdynastyinhistoryandthemanyunyieldingresistancesmadebytheZhuangpeopletothis,theauthoralsoarguesthattheZhuangpeoplehavemaintainedtheiroriginalstatusinthousandsofyearsofhistory.Atthesametimeasthenationaltradition,whileabsorbingtheadvancedcultureoftheHannationality,itgraduallyformedtheinherentexcellentcultureofthenation.Thesepropositionsaresooriginalthattheyhaveattractedtheattentionofacademia.Thisnotonlymakes"ABriefHistoryofChildreninGuangxi"anepoch-makingmilestoneinthehistoryofZhuangstudies.Atthesametime,throughhisbook,onecanalsogetaglimpseofProfessorHuang'sloveanddeepaffectionfortheZhuangpeople.TheauthorhasbeenengagedinZhuangnationalityresearchformorethan20years.BeforeChina'sreformandopeningup,itwasextremelydifficultforforeignerstocometoChinatoconductfieldinvestigationsandresearchintheminorityareas.Moreover,manyoutstandingresearchresultsofChineseethnicscholarsbeforethereformandopeningupweremostlypublishedintheformofinternaldistribution(forexample,HuangXianfan’sposthumouswork"NongZhigao"wasprintedontheinsidepagewhenitwaspublishedbyGuangxiPeople’sPublishingHouseinOctober1983.Thereis"internaldistribution"-editor'snote).ThisinturnmakesitmoredifficultforoverseasscholarstoobtainmaterialswhenstudyingChinesenationalhistoryindepth.TheauthorfirststartedtostudyProfessorHuang,Irememberitwasafter1985.Atthattime,ProfessorHuanghadpassedawayandhadnochancetoreceiveinstruction.ButwhenIcarefullystudiedthe"ABriefHistoryoftheZhuangPeopleinGuangxi"andotherworkswrittenbyProfessorHuang,IwasshockedbytheexistenceofsuchanoutstandinghistorianinGuangxi’sacademiccircles.Aftertheresearch,IlearnedthatProfessorHuangwasdeeplyimpressedwhenhehadbeenresponsibleforguidingtheethnologycommunityforalongtimeafterthefoundingofNewChina,andhismemoryisstillfresh.

Recently,Mr.WuWeifeng,thedeputycuratoroftheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionMuseum,wasabletogettoknowProfessorHuang’ssonGanWenjie.Frommutualexchanges,helearnedaboutProfessorHuang’stortuouslifeandnoblepersonality,whichgaveProfessorHuangachanceHisadmirationisincreasingdaybyday.Furthermore,ProfessorHuangstudiedabroadatTokyoImperialUniversityinJapanintheearlydays,andestablishedhisownsolidacademicresearchfoundationwithhisadvancedstudiesofOrientalHistory(ChineseHistory)anditsin-depthresearchmethods.ThisshowsthatProfessorHuangplayedanimportantroleinthehistoryofacademicexchangesbetweenChinaandJapan.Fromthispointofview,ProfessorHuangisliketheteachernexttome.

Onthe100thanniversaryofProfessorHuang’sbirth,itisundoubtedlyofgreatsignificancefortheyoungergenerationofscholarstoorganizethepapersandmanuscriptspublishedbyProfessorHuangduringhislifetimeintothisbook.Manyoftheessaysreceivedinthisbookarestillrare,anditcanbesaidtobethebestacademicworktounderstandthegeneraloverviewofProfessorHuang'sacademicresearchinhislife.SomeofthemarepapersonthesocialhistoryofTang,Song,andYuanpublishedinthe1930sbeforetheSecondWorldWar,somearepapersonthesocialhistoryofancientChinapublishedduringthewar,andsomearerelatedtothesocialhistoryofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.TheNongZhigaoUprisingandthepapersonthesocialdevelopmentoftheZhuangnationality,thesepapershavehadasignificantimpactontheacademiccircle.

Iamconvincedthatthroughthesetwoimportantacademicworks,"ABriefHistoryofGuangxiChildren'sClan"and"APreliminaryExplorationoftheInterpretationofAncientBooks:SelectedAcademicPapersbyHuangXianfan",itwillinevitablyleadtoMoreresearchershaveamorecomprehensiveunderstandingofthepracticalsignificanceofresearchingProfessorHuangXianfan,andamorein-depthevaluationofProfessorHuang’suniquecontributiontopioneeringZhuangstudies,thusbecomingadrivingforceandguideforlatergenerationsofscholarstoengageinethnologicalresearch.Finally,IhopethatthepublicationofthebookcanplayaroleineffectivelypromotingthedevelopmentofGuangxiethnologyresearch.Itisfortheorder.

IntheNationalMuseumofEthnology,JapanonMarch21,2003