一、前言在1981年11月出版的拙著《中国文化与南岛》一书中,关于台湾现存石敢当的状况,我曾写过“由于日本占领台湾时曾下令废除,因此现在在台湾很难见到石敢当了”(该书77页)。战前在台湾居住的片冈岩(1921年)、三岛格(1942年)等人,曾做过相当详细的调查,并报告说石敢当几乎遍布台湾全岛。然而1965至1981年期间,我自己找到的仅有花莲市内的两座、宣兰市和台南市各一座,合计四座。我向当地人打听“为 I. Preface In my book “Chinese Culture and the South Island”, published in November 1981, concerning the status of Taiwan’s existing stone courage, I wrote: “Since Japan ordered the repeal of Taiwan’s occupation, it is now difficult in Taiwan See the stone dared ”(the book page 77). Kataokaishi (1921), Mishima (1942), who lived in Taiwan before the war, have done quite detailed investigations and reported that they are almost all over the island in Taiwan. However, between 1965 and 1981, I found myself only two in Hualien, one in each of Xuanlan and Tainan, a total of four. I asked the locals "for