钱存训教授的这部《书于竹帛》今日已成为经典著作。当他从事此书写作时,虽然他自己并未想到,但其时机的重要恰与此书的内容相同。他开始写作是20世纪50年代末期,当时长期的抗日战争和其后的内战方告结束,在继起的那一段相当和平的年代,才能出版考古学者在战前所发掘的许多重要成果~①。以此,钱氏方能将这些资料综合归纳成为他的一家之言,用以述说中国古文字的发展 Professor Qian Yunxun this “book in bamboo and silk” today has become a classic. When he was in the writing of this book, though he did not think of himself, the timing was just as important as the content of this book. He started writing in the late 1950s when the protracted War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the ensuing Civil War ended. During the fairly peaceful period that followed, many important achievements archaeologists had discovered before the war were released. . As a result, Qian could synthesize these data into one of his own words to describe the development of ancient Chinese characters