中国古代的文化传统与图书编纂

中国古代的图书编纂活动规模浩大且沿袭不衰,形成了中国数千年历史发展进程中独特的人文景观。图书编纂作为一项学术活动和文化举措,统治者的政治目的并不能完全取代或掩盖它本身所具有的文化价值和长远意义,这就是保存典籍、传承文化。因为文献典籍的编纂活动,既是文化传统的体现,其本身又传承、积累了文化。中国之所以被誉为文明古国,中国数千年的文明传承之所以从未中断,可以说在相当程度上得益于这一独特的文化传统。

The Cultural Tradition and Books Compilation in Ancient China

The vast-scaled and constant-booming compiling activity of books in ancient China forms the peculiar human cultural scene in the development of Chinese history within thousands of years.As a kind of acdemic and cultural activity,the cultural value and significance of books compilation,that is,keeping classical books,and continuing culture,can not be completely replaced or concealed by governors' political intent.Because the compiling activity of literary books not only embodies cultural tradition,but also passes and accumulates culture.The reason that China is called a country with ancient civilization,and that the passing of Chinese civilization with thousands of years history is never broken,can be found in this peculiar cultural tradition to a great extent.