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一切学术著作都由硬件和软件两部分组成。硬件就是知识,包括材料、考据、阐释、逻辑等等;软件就是智慧,包括观念、命题、视角、方法等等。一般说来,只要不失平实认真,后代著作的硬件都会超越前代,如要获取硬件的学问,当以后代著作为主。然而学术的生命首先是软件,在这一点上,后世就未必能超过前代。只要后代的学术智慧一天不能超过前代,则前代的著作就能永葆其生命的光辉。梁思成写于1944年的《中国建筑史》就属于至今在软件上仍处于同类著作前端的著作,因此可以一版再版,常读常新。
All academic works consist of hardware and software. Hardware is knowledge, including materials, textual criticism, interpretation, logic, etc. Software is wisdom, including ideas, propositions, perspectives, methods, and so on. In general, as long as it is honest and down-to-earth, the hardware of future generations will surpass the previous generation. For example, if you want to acquire the knowledge of hardware, you will be the master of future generations. However, academic life is primarily software. At this point, later generations may not be able to surpass the previous generation. As long as the academic wisdom of future generations cannot surpass the previous generation, the works of the previous generation will be able to retain the glory of their lives forever. Liang Sicheng’s “Chinese Architecture History” written in 1944 belongs to a book that is still at the forefront of similar works in software so far, so it can be republished in one edition and often read as Chang Xin.