摘要
甲骨文自1899年发现以来已有百余年,那么甲骨文材料究竟有多少?以往统计主要有两种说法:一种认为有10万片,另一种认为有15万片。统计数字的不同源于统计方法和认识上的不同,因此必须采取较科学的统计方法,才能得出较科学的统计结果。本文以国内外公私机构现藏甲骨实际数量为统计对象,在胡厚宣先生的统计基础上,结合最近发表的各种著作文章,最后统计出百年来甲骨文材料有13万片左右。
It is more than a century since 1899, when the first inscribed oracle bones were discovered, so how many have been found since then? Past statistics have estimated that there are between 100,000 and 150,000 discovered pieces, but this statistical discrepancy comes about because different methods of counting and of defining a piece have been followed. A more scientific calculation that yields a more reliable result is clearly required. On the basis of catalogues detailing inscribed oracle bone holdings in public and private collections in China and abroad and using the statistical methodology devised by Hu Houxuan, the author concludes that approximately 130,000 separate oracle bone inscriptions are in collections throughout the world.
出处
《故宫博物院院刊》
北大核心
2006年第1期24-47,共24页
Palace Museum Journal
