唐朝中叶的文人经说

The Literati Classics in the Middle Tang Dynasty

唐代通常被认为是经学不振的朝代,却不知唐是科举策经的时代,科考要考策问,而策问的内容就是经义和时务。考诸权德舆、韩愈、柳宗元、吕温、刘禹锡、皇甫、李翱、欧阳詹诸家文集,可以勾勒出唐代中叶配合科举考试缺席和太学教学体制形成的一种“文儒”形态。唐朝中叶的文人说经,具有以下倾向与特点:重义理、尊六经、言圣道、辟异端、辨疑伪、说性命、申礼学。唐代经学是经学史上的一抹异彩。

Tang dynasty was usually been regarded as a trough period in classics. Not many people knew that it was an era of classics - emphasizing in imperial examination. Questions in the imperial examinations involved classic learning and current affairs. The contents of questions sourced from the works of Quan Deyu, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Lu Wen, Liu Yuxi, Huang Purl, Li Gao, Ouyang Zhan, which embody the literati form of imperial examination and royal education system in the middle Tang dynasty. The literati classics had the following characteristics： justice, merit, holiness, anti- heresy, faithfulness, destiny and righteousness. It was a colorful page of history in Tang dynasty classics.