Several Questions about the Study of Printing History——About the "Great Printing History View"
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What is the "big print history view"? The large printing history is an open guiding ideology that uses a wide-angle lens to study the history of printing in an all-round and multidisciplinary manner. The key to the "big printing history view" is a "big" character. According to this view, the history of printing is not to always focus on a place, but to think hard about it, but to open your eyes, from paper history, ink history, pen history, collection history, catalogue history, education History, history of copying books, history of book trade, history of books, history of Buddhism, history of stone carving, history of diplomacy, history of engraving, history of rubbing, history of writing, history of printing and dyeing, history of money, etc. The history of printing is not an isolated discipline. It is an integral part of the entire history. It is inextricably linked in all directions. It is necessary to put the printing history into a broad historical background to study. Only in this way can we avoid many one-sidedness. I think the following problems exist in the current study of printing history.
First, the breadth and depth of the literature are not “big”. According to the "big print history view" to study the printing history, it is necessary to excavate a lot of ancient literature and materials, and more is better. At present, there are not many people who are angry about reading, which has greatly restricted the depth of the research work in printing history. Document research is not only suitable for studying the origin of printing, but also for the research work of the entire printing history. Because empty talks do not help, in the end, we must rely on solid literature and physical evidence to speak. Without literature and physical evidence, there is nothing.
Second, although in the understanding, the "big print history view" has formed a consensus, but when studying specific issues, it has forgotten the word "big". For example, in the study of Yingshan Bisheng, most of them were surrounded by the stone, and did not use the "big print history" to study Bi Sheng. Of course, it is necessary to study the stone in earnest, and the generation of the stone is one of the key issues, but you can't always look at the stone. If Yingshan Bisheng is the inventor of the movable type, it should be explained from the aspects of Yingshan’s cultural atmosphere and technical foundation. So far, I have not seen a detailed systematic study of Yingshan Bi’s with the “Great Printing History”. Lit article. The development process of any thing is the process of connecting and interacting with inevitability and contingency, and transforming each other under certain conditions. Inevitability refers to the connection and development trend defined by the nature of things; contingency refers to the phenomenon caused by the non-essential connection between things. Only emphasize the inevitability, deny the contingency, and bring the mysterious color to the development of things; only recognize the contingency, negate the inevitability, and violate the objective law of the development of things. In the current study of Yingshan Bisheng, there is a tendency to talk only about contingency and not necessarily inevitability. As descendants of the Yellow Emperor, we all hope to solve the mystery of movable type printing at an early date, but this hope should be based on the principle of seeking truth from facts, and we must really use the large printing history to study Yingshan Bisheng.
Third, the study of printing history is a huge comprehensive project. According to the "big printing history view" to study the printing history, a "big" team composed of archaeologists, printing workers, and documentary workers is needed. . These members have their own strengths, and no one can replace them: archaeologists are good at cultural relics and archaeology, printing workers are good at printing technology, and literature workers are good at exploring literature. If we organize them and learn from each other, we will form a grand team that truly studies the printing history with the "big print history." It is suggested to form a research group composed of the above parties, invest a certain amount of funds, carry out regular activities, and continuously lead the academic research of printing history. Efforts should be made to change the status quo of research on the stagnation of information.