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美国著名学者L.P.布里格斯的《古代高棉帝国》是一部叙述柬埔寨古代历史的大型的权威著作,1951年由美国哲学协会出版于费城。它的叙述起于公元一世纪扶南王朝的建立,止于1432年吴哥王朝的灭亡,共分三章,第一章是《扶南时期》(公元一世纪至550年),第二章是《真腊时期》(550——802年),第三章是《柬埔寨或吴哥时期》(802——1432年)。作者着重写吴哥时期,这一章约占全书篇幅的三分之二。D.G.E.霍尔名著《东南亚史》有关古代柬埔寨的部分,以本书为基本参考著作,援引了其中的很多观点和材料。这篇序的作者R·赫涅一凯尔顿是研究东南亚的著名学者,有《苏门答腊的考古与艺术》(1935)、《荷属印度史前时期研究》(1945)、《东南亚王国与国家的概念》(1956)等著作。作者在这篇短序中除了略介本书及其作者以外,还提出了一些关于古代高棉史的饶有趣味和富于启发性的观点,谨译出以供参考。
The famous American scholar L.P. Briggs’s “Ancient Khmer Empire” is a large-scale authoritative book describing the ancient history of Cambodia. It was published in Philadelphia by the American Philosophy Association in 1951. Its narration started from the establishment of the Fu Nan dynasty in the first century AD, ending with the demise of the Angkor dynasty in 1432. It is divided into three chapters, the first is the “Funen period” (from the first century to the 550 AD), the second is the “ (550 - 802), and the third chapter is ”Cambodia or Angkor“ (802 - 1432). The author focuses on writing Angkor times, this chapter accounts for about two-thirds of the length of the book. D.G.E. Hall’s famous book ”History of Southeast Asia“ on the ancient part of Cambodia, the book as a reference book, citing many of the ideas and materials. The author of this preface, R. Hoehne-Kelton, is a famous scholar in Southeast Asia. His works include ”Archeology and Art of Sumatra“ (1935), ”Study of Prehistoric Times in Dutch India“ (1945), ”The Kingdom of Southeast Asia and the State Concept "(1956) and other works. In addition to the brief introduction of this book and his author, the author also presents in this short sequence some interesting and enlightening opinions on the history of ancient Khmer that are to be translated for reference.