| Abstract: | 民初以來，考古學促使古史研究突飛猛進，而近幾十年來大量楚簡不斷出土，更帶動了楚史、楚文化、楚文獻、楚文字等研究的蓬勃發展。本計畫主題為「早期楚族群起源與發展的歷史記憶」，屬於楚史、楚文獻領域，希望透過新材料與新方法，對早期楚族群起源與發展的相關問題做一總結，並提出新的看法。研究範圍起於楚人始祖傳說，至周初楚人受封為止。研究材料為先秦至西漢出土、傳世文獻中的相關記載，以出土文獻為主。研究方法則是以「記憶」的角度重新探討文獻記載中的歷史訊息；即分析相關材料的敘述立場、敘述時代，檢視不同時代、不同立場的敘述有何異同，並嘗試從這些異同中找出可信的記載、可疑的內容以及記憶的延續、遺忘、捏造、改造的軌跡。具體研究包括史料疏證與歷史解釋兩部分，前者針對包括清華簡〈楚居〉、《國語‧鄭語》、《史記‧楚世家》……等文獻中的相關內容進行集釋與考證，後者則聚焦於「血統認同的記憶」、「族群認同的記憶」、「政治認同的記憶」三個主題。 本計畫延續本人博士論文中關於秦人、吳人族群記憶的研究，一方面希望能在先秦楚史與楚文獻研究方面推陳出新，一方面也希望逐步建構出一個先秦時期中原周邊族群的族史記憶如何形成或建構的整體說法。
Starting from the early years of the Republic of China, archaeology has led to the rapid development of ancient history research. In the recent decades, a large number of Chu inscribed bamboo slips have been unearthed, which has triggered the flourishing development of research on Chu history, Chu culture, Chu literature, Chu characters, etc. The research topic of this study is “Historical Memories on the Origin and Development of the Chu Population in the Past,” belonging to the fields of Chu history and Chu literature. This study intended to summarize the issues associated with the origin and development of the Chu population in the past using new materials and new methods, as well as propose new opinions. The research scope ranged from ancestor legends of the Chu people to Chu people becoming a feudatory in the early Zhou Dynasty. The research materials were mainly unearthed literature, including relevant records in the literature that has been passed down from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to Western Han Dynasty. For the research methods, this study re-investigated the historical messages recorded in the literature from the perspective of “memories,” namely, this study analyzed the standpoints and eras described in relevant materials, inspected the differences and similarities of descriptions on different eras and standpoints, and attempted to find out reliable records, suspicious content, and the traces of continuation, missing, fabrication, and transformation of memories from these differences and similarities. The specific research included two parts: textual criticism of historical materials and historical interpretations. The former included the collection of annotations and textural criticism of relevant contents in literature, such as Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, “Chu Residence,” “Guo Yu. Cheng Yu,” and “Shiji. Chu Shijia.” The latter focused on 3 themes: “memories on bloodline identity,” “memories on ethnic identity,” and “memories on political identity.” This study continued with the author’s doctoral dissertation on population memories of the Qin people and Wu people. On the one hand, this study intended to innovate the research on the history of Pre-Qin Dynasty and literature of Chu. On the other hand, this study also intended to gradually develop an overall summary of how the ethnic historical memories of ethnic groups surrounding the Central Plains in the Pre-Qin Dynasty were formed or constructed. |
