严复对老子哲学思想的近代解读

Yan Fu's Modern Explanation to Lao Tzu Philosophy

老子《道德经》是一部中国古典哲学名著,古往今来注家蜂起,解读者甚多。近代卓越的启蒙思想家严复立足19世纪的文化背景,以西方的唯物论、天演进化之学、民主自由学说以及近代自然科学知识诠释老子,表现为一种非常特殊的解读方式,折射出时代精神,为老子诠释学思想宝库增添了全新的内容。

Tao De Ching wrote by Lao Tzu, which is a Chinese traditional philosophical masterpiece, has been commented and explained by swarms of scholars. Yanfu, the modern distinguished enlightening thinker, explained Lao Tzu philosophy with the ideology of Western mechanistic materialism, theory of evolution, liberal democracy and modern scientific knowledge. The special mode of explanation refracted the spirits of the times, and added completely fresh content to the system of Hermeneutics to Lao Tzu Philosophy.