西方图书分类法,始于古希腊时代,基本上是按照图书性质进行分类的。对此,近代目录学家王云五说:“外国图书按性质的分类,可说是发源于希腊的亚里士多德。他主张把学问分为历史、哲学、文学三大类。”①近代以后,随着知识分化及分工发达,学术分类更加细密,逐渐形成了西方近代意 Western book classification, began in the ancient Greek era, is basically classified according to the nature of the book. In this regard, modern bibliographer Wang Yun-wu said: “According to the classification of foreign books by nature, Aristotle originating in Greece can be said to have divided the study into three major categories: history, philosophy and literature.” Since the modern times, with the differentiation of knowledge and the well-developed division of labor, the academic classification has become more and more meticulous and gradually formed the modern Western idea