史学家多半以恢复历史的本来面目为己任,其主要手段不外是分析、把握史料。虽然学者们所谓史料在许多场合只是文献资料,却鲜有人甘心在文本研究方面下大功夫。章丹枫先生传世的全部成果中,文本研究所占比重之大,在老一辈学者中,可谓独树一帜。早已脍炙人口的《古航海图考释》(海洋出版社,1980年)和《法显传校注》(上海古籍出 Historians mostly take the responsibility of restoring the true nature of history. Its main means are nothing but analysis and grasping of historical materials. Although the so-called historical material of scholars is only a literature on many occasions, few people are willing to make great efforts in textual research. Of all the achievements handed down by Mr. Zhang Danfeng in the past, the proportion of text research accounts for a great part among the older generation of scholars. Already well-known “ancient chart test interpretation” (Ocean Press, 1980) and “Fa Xian Chuan school notes” (Shanghai ancient books out