中国史前文字与甲骨文(26)

中国史前文字与甲骨文PREHISTORIC CHINESE CHARACTERS
AND ORACLE BONES
and Zhou dynasties.
但是，商朝的甲骨文又是由哪来的呢？按说，商朝之前是夏朝。商朝有甲
骨文，夏朝就应当有，夏之前也应当有，这才合乎逻辑。因为文字的产生和发 展有一个漫长的过程。
But where did the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty come from?
It is said that the Shang Dynasty was before the Xia Dynasty. It is logical that there
should be oracle bone inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty and before Xia
Dynasty. Because the emergence and development of characters has a long process.
我们应当沿着历史的轨迹，通过考古发掘，从历史遗物中，寻找线索。只
有实物证据，才能说明一切。至于史书记载“文字，是由历史上黄帝的史官仓
颉所造”云云，多属推测，其中想象成分太多，常常以讹传讹。就算史上真有
仓颉，他在使用文字记事的过程中，为了记事的清楚准确，表意完整，对古文
字进行修正，并根据古文字的特点，创造出一些新的文字，这完全有可能。但
如果说，文字是由仓颉创造的，这就要打个问号！从来自全国各地的、不同历史时期的、已有的历史遗物看，文字的产生，绝非一人或少数人所为。
We should follow the track of history and find clues from historical relics
through archaeological excavation. Only physical evidence can tell everything. As
for the historical records that "the words were made by Cang Jie, the historian of the