古猿只是在知道使用工具之后,才逐渐进化成为我们人类的祖先。到后来,工具的含义有了深刻的变化,不仅指从事劳动生产所使用的器具,也包括达到某种目的手段。例如:语言是人们交流思想的工具。古希腊时期,奠定形式逻辑基础的著作就以《工具论》为书名。孔子曾经强调了工具的重要,他教诲弟子说:“工欲善其事,必先利其器”。这两句话流传下来,真可谓达到了家喻户晓的程度。蔡元培先生更进一步地说过:“一社会学术之消长,观其各种辞典之有无与多寡而知之。”当代著名学者谭其骧先生(教授,中国科学院学部委员,著名史学家,历史地理学 The apes only gradually evolved to become the ancestors of our human species only after they knew they were using the tools. Later, the meaning of the tool has undergone profound changes, not only refers to the equipment used in the production of labor, but also to achieve some means of purpose. For example: Language is a tool for people to exchange ideas. In ancient Greece, the book that laid the foundations of formal logic took the title of “instrumentalism.” Confucius once emphasized the importance of the tools. He taught disciples that: “For those who want to do their work well, they must first make their own decisions.” The two sentences handed down, it can be said to have reached a household name. Mr. Cai Yuanpei further said: “The decline and growth of a society’s academic, the concept of its various dictionaries of the existence and quantity and know.” Contemporary famous scholar Mr. Tan Qixian (Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, famous historian, history and geography