我国历史相传古代燧人氏是钻木取火的发明者。火的发明可以说是化学的肇端,对于人民生活和工业发展,都有重要的贡献。近年来在贯彻双百方针的指引下,有人提出钻木岂能取火的问题。张寿祺同志在今年的《社会科学战线》上发表了一九五二年多次观看海南岛黎族同胞钻木取火的目击记。现在转录于下, According to the history of our country, the ancient Suiren is the inventor of drilling firewood. The invention of fire can be said that the beginning of chemistry, for people’s lives and industrial development, have an important contribution. In recent years, under the guidance of implementing the “two hundred principles”, some people have raised the question of how wood can be used for taking fire. Comrade Zhang Shouqi published a witness note on the “Social Science Front” this year that many watched the firewood taken by the Li ethnic group in Hainan Island in 1972. Now transcribed in the next,