Li Ji's archaeological work to southwestern Shanxi Province in 1926 was obviously aimed at searching the Xia Culture.One of the authors published an article entitled Li Ji,Xiyincun and the Xia Culture discussing this matter.In the past 20 years,numerous histographical studies concerning this archaeological work have come out,among which there are some voices questioning Li Ji's intention for the Xia Culture.In this paper,we firstly review all the related viewpoints,and search all the official reports and archives as direct evidences,then genealize the contextual evidences,including Li Ji's educational background,the academic thoughts of that time,the historical views of his collaborators Ding Wenjiang and Yuan Fuli,the itinerary of Li Ji's survey,and the remarks immediately after this survey,the recollections of Liang Qichao and Dai Jiaxiang,and Xu Zhongshu's view that the Yangshao Culture was the the Xia culture,arguing that the histographical writing of the Search for the Xia Culture should start with Li Ji's work.In addition,this paper examines Li Ji's remarks about the Xia Culture,and extracts Li Ji's basic attitude towards the Xia Culture:The Yangshao Culture is not the Xia Culture,and more likely the predecessor of the Xia Culture;no archaeological culture corresponding to the Xia dynasty has been found yet,but we cannot ignore the existence of the Xia;and Southwestern Shanxi should be the important area for the search of the Xia Culture.
Li JiSouthwestern ShanxiXiyincunSearching for the Xia Culture
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