作为当今负有盛名的历史学家、考古学家、古文字学家和文献学家,李学勤先生早期的治学经历却十分独特。从小酷爱读书,对符号有特殊的兴趣;他希望学习数理逻辑,考进了清华大学哲学系。考进去之后,由于自学甲骨文颇有成绩,被借到中科院考古研究所参加编著《殷虚文字缀合》;再由于认识史学大师侯外庐先生的原因,又从考古所调到了历史二所做侯先生的助手,跟随侯外庐先生做思想史研究(直到“文革”后,李先生才完全回到先秦这一段从事研究工作,另文撰述)。 As today's prestigious historians, archaeologists, paleontologists and philologists, Mr. Li Xueqin's early academic experience is very unique. Since childhood he was fond of reading and had a special interest in symbols. He hoped to learn mathematical logic and was admitted to the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University. After entering the exam, due to self-study Oracle quite achievements, was borrowed Archeology Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences participated in editing “Yin Xu text Conjunction”; and then as a result of understanding of the history of the master Hou Wailu reasons, but also transferred from the archeology to the history of two do Hou Assistant to follow Hou Houlu doing ideological history research (until the “Cultural Revolution”, Mr. Li was completely back to the pre-Qin period engaged in research work, another written).