Mr. Yuan Ke wrote a lot. 1950 published the first myth monograph, Ancient Myths of China, which was the first monograph in China to systematically study ancient myths of the Han nationality, thus establishing Mr. Yuan Ke's academic reputation. Since then, Mr. Yuan Ke has written more than 20 books and 8 million-word papers, including Ancient Myths of China, Selected Myths of China, Legend of China, Collation of Classic of Mountains and Seas, Dictionary of Myths and Legends of China, Dictionary of National Myths of China, Miraculous Articles and Bashu Myths (co-authored).
Most of Mr. Yuan Ke's works have been reprinted in Hong Kong and Taiwan for many times, and there are many foreign language translations in Russian, Japanese, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Korean and Esperanto. His works have been selected into textbooks by China, Japanese, American, Singaporean and other countries. -to commemorate the first anniversary of Mr. Yuan Ke's death.
Mr. Wang's knowledge is as deep as the sea.
-I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Yuan Ke with this article.
Mr. Yuan Ke, born in Xinfan Town, Xindu County, Sichuan Province, 19 16. He began to systematically study the myths and legends of China in 1946. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/949, Mr. Wang returned to Sichuan and has been engaged in the research of literature and mythology; He was transferred to Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences as a researcher from 1987 and died on July, 20065438 14. In memory of Mr. Yuan Ke, the author wrote a poem "Mourning Mr. Yuan Ke" on the day of receiving the obituary (July 2 1 Sunday), which contained seven words and twenty sentences, two of which were "Mr. Yuan learned as deep as the sea, and learned without hoop after praising".
Mr. Yuan Ke's academic contribution is world-famous, which can be summarized as follows. First, myths and legends, as the study of knowledge, are the main scholars who established mythology in China. Secondly, there are rich works and writings in collecting, sorting out, analyzing, researching and publishing mythological materials and popularizing mythological knowledge. Among them, The Ancient Myth of China changed the misunderstanding and fallacy that ancient skeptics and Greeks called China's lack of mythological materials. China Myth Dictionary is a masterpiece of myths and legends (including the refinement of folk stories). The author's thesis "The Immortal Mark Left by the Collision between Heaven and Earth Experienced by Our Ancient Ancestors" is to find out 79 folk stories from this dictionary for analysis and study, and think that they record the whole process of an extraterrestrial object hitting the earth. Thirdly, Mr. Yuan Ke put forward and demonstrated the concept of generalized myth, which expanded the vision and field of myth research. Fourthly, Mr. Yuan Ke has long encouraged and guided young scholars to study myths, and this guidance is objective and scientific, and does not pursue any self-interest.
I majored in nuclear reactors at the university. Because of the Cultural Revolution, 1970 did not engage in professional or related work after graduation. Later, I became interested in the ancient natural and social information recorded in myths and legends, and began to study and interpret social and cultural phenomena from the perspective of natural science, which benefited from Mr. Zhu Kezhen's Preliminary Study on Climate Change in China in the Last Five Thousand Years and Mr. Yuan Ke's Ancient Myths of China.
1980, Yuan Ke first gave birth to a book "Notes on Shan Hai Jing", and the author got a treasure. Since then, his research on Shan Hai Jing has been on the right track, and he began to correspond with Mr. Yuan Ke and ask related academic questions. Chengdu is very cold in winter. Teacher Yuan Ke once asked me to buy cotton shoes from Beijing. 1983 65438+ 10, teacher yuan ke sent a book "myth essays"; In the summer of the same year, the author wrote the first monograph "Searching for Ancient Information" (published by China International Broadcasting Press). At the end of the year, the author went to Chengdu to attend the first China Symposium on Mountain and Sea Classics, and had the opportunity to discuss mythology with Mr. Yuan Ke. China Mythology Society was founded in 1984, with Mr. Yuan Ke as the chairman and the author as the first members. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, he seldom participates in related activities.
In fact, the author studies ancient myths and legends as the information carrier of that era, which is not exactly the same as or very different from Mr. Yuan Ke's academic viewpoint. Nevertheless, Mr. Yuan Ke always holds an optimistic and encouraging attitude towards the author's research work; Moreover, Mr. Wang still hopes that the author will pay more attention to the research in the field of mythology, just because the author has a wide range of interests and cannot do as Mr. Wang wishes.
1996 65438+ 10, the book "Newly Painted Scenery of Mountains and Seas" written by the author and painted by the author's wife Sun was published and presented to Mr. Yuan Ke. Since then, Mr. Yuan Ke compiled the Dictionary of China Myths, and wanted to use some illustrations from the book Newly Painted Classic of Mountains and Seas. He specially wrote a letter asking for the author's consent, and noted in the example of China Mythology Dictionary that the illustrations in this book are classics such as "Contemporary, Sun Xin's Painting of Mountains and Seas". Mr. Yuan Ke sent me two books immediately after the publication of China Mythology Dictionary 1998. Later, Mr. Yuan Ke wanted to establish a reference room for fairy books. After hearing the news, the author sent him more than ten published works.
1In the summer of 997, after more than 20 years' information interpretation of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the author finally completed the systematic textual research on the landscape and geographical orientation of mountains and rivers described in The Classic of Mountains and Seas and Wuzangshan for the first time in history, and put forward a new viewpoint that the natural geographical content described in The Classic of Mountains and Seas accords with the geographical landscape of China 4,200 years ago.
1On September 9th, 999, on the basis of the above-mentioned textual research on the geographical orientation of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the author and his wife Sun drew a huge painting "The Map of Mountains and Rivers" after several years. This painting is 540 cm high and 780 cm wide, with 447 mountains recorded in Shan Hai Jing, and related water systems, landscapes, minerals, plants, animals and people. During his stay in hospital, Mr. Yuan Ke happily wrote to congratulate him: "I have different views on the study of Shan Hai Jing mainly from the perspective of literature (myth), while Comrade Hongqi has different views from the perspective of history. However, the map of the Jade Mountain jointly produced by Comrade Hongqi and Ms. Qin Xiao is a brilliant achievement of the combination of science and art. I am glad to see its smooth publication, which provides a new way for academic exploration. There is nothing to offer in the ward, just a few words of congratulations. 1999, 1 1, 10, Yuan Ke, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital. "
In decades of communication with Mr. Yuan Ke, what impressed me the most was that Mr. Yuan Ke did not pretend to be an academic authority, did not take academic achievements as a stepping stone to his career, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the academic ocean, without worldly concerns. What is particularly touching is Mr. Yuan Ke's tolerance for different academic factions and his selfless praise for post-scholars who hold different views. In contrast, today's academic corruption is becoming more and more serious. Some academic authorities or academic factions, for their own self-interest, do not hesitate to suppress and crowd out different academic viewpoints, transplant official corruption into the field of academic research, and turn the relationship between teachers and students into a nepotism network. In this case, we can feel how noble Mr. Yuan Ke's academic morality is!
In fact, the author's research on the geographical restoration of Shan Hai Jing, including Yu Shan Chuan Tu, has been published in Geography Magazine, Map, National Geographic Magazine, Literature and History Magazine, Oriental Culture, China Pictorial (Hong Kong Edition), China Science and Technology Pictorial, China Splendid Construction Pictorial, and. However, in some magazines related to history, culture and art, there can never be a word introduction, let alone academic exchanges and discussions. The author contacted several universities and research institutes, hoping to have the opportunity to explain the map of the emperor's mountains and rivers on the wall chart and conduct academic exchanges. However, people who hold different academic views in this respect show surprising academic interest and lack of academic sensitivity, and some even take a little trick to destroy the platform.
2 1 century, China needs innovation in all fields, and whether it can be innovative is related to the life and death of the country and the nation. However, innovation needs corresponding social conditions. In the field of academic research, this condition is an equal, objective and fair evaluation system, and respect and tolerance for innovators.
In the poem "Mourning for Mr. Yuan Ke", the author emphasizes "learning without hoop after praise". The so-called "hoop" is the curse that hinders innovation. Its manifestations are various, and one of the prominent and common means is to suppress innovators, crowd out innovators and belittle innovators. Academic authorities or researchers who make these behaviors are sometimes unintentional (including habitual thinking and habitual actions) and sometimes intentional. In either case, it hurts not only the innovators and their innovative undertakings, but also the vitality of our Chinese nation.
In addition, some academic predecessors learned it only after praising it. But they are only willing to praise and promote people with the same academic views, and are indifferent to people with different academic views. In other words, these people's praise and learning are conditional and have a tight spell; In this case, if their students or disciples produce new ideas different from their tutors, they will take great risks, because they may be regarded as deviant and lose the academic network centered on tutors. Obviously, the academic morality and character shown by such academic predecessors are incomparable to Mr. Yuan Ke.
Although Mr. Yuan Ke left us, he left us a precious cultural heritage, that is, profound myths and moral integrity. This is also the hope of the Chinese nation.
Yuan Ke, whose real name is Yuan, whose pen names are Bing Sheng, Yuan Zhan, is from Xinfan, Sichuan. Before his death, he was a researcher at the Institute of Literature of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, the president of China Mythology Society, an internationally renowned scholar and a master of contemporary China mythology.
Mr. Yuan Ke wrote a lot. 1950 published the first myth monograph, Ancient Myths of China, which was the first monograph in China to systematically study ancient myths of the Han nationality, thus establishing Mr. Yuan Ke's academic reputation. Since then, Mr. Yuan Ke has written more than 20 books and 8 million-word papers, including Ancient Myths of China, Selected Myths of China, Legend of China, Collation of Classic of Mountains and Seas, Dictionary of Myths and Legends of China, Dictionary of National Myths of China, Fantasy and Bashu Myths.