史、史官与中国早期儒学元典的书写

书写的前提首先要有文字,中国文字的产生绝非始于殷商甲骨文,最初产生的文字恐怕比八千多年前的贾湖契刻还要早,"史"就是参与创制文字者之一。国家建立后,"史"转化为史官,国家成文的书写基本由史官来完成。《尚书》是中国早期史官书写的成文,也是中国早期的儒学元典之一,它含有《虞书》《夏书》《商书》《周书》,四书相比较,《周书》不仅篇幅多内容丰富,而且已经具备了比较成熟的书写模式和相当高的书写技巧,表现出鲜明的儒学意识与相对稳定的民族喜闻乐见的艺术审美风范,对后世成文的书写影响极大。

History,Official Historian and the Writing of Early Confucian Classics in ChinaYANG Shuzheng

The first prerequisite of writing is characters. Chinese characters did not start from the Oracle of Yin Shang dynasties. The original writing may have predated the jiahuqi carving more than 8,000 years ago, "History" is one of those who participated in the creation of writing. After the establishment of the state, "History" was transformed into "official historian", the writing of the national history is basically completed by the official historian. Shang Shu(尚书) was written by early Chinese official historian and was also one of the early Confucian classics in China. It contained Yu shu, Xia shu, Shang shu(商书) and Zhou shu. Compared with the four books, the Zhou Shu is not only long and rich in content, but also has a relatively mature writing model and high writing skills. It shows a distinct Confucian consciousness and a relatively stable national aesthetic style,it has a great influence on the later writing.