清代《孟子》考据学综论

A Brief Discussion of the Textual Research on Mencius in the Qing Dynasty

清代是中国历史上考据学鼎盛期,考据学是清代学术的主流,并形成“时代思潮”。清人考《孟》,涉及孟子本人与家世,孟子生卒年月与游历时地,孟子游事之君与弟子,《孟子》作者与篇章次序,《孟子》字词句章与思想主张,名物训诂与典章制度,可谓无所不考,卓然有成。成果丰硕,考证全面,研治深入,影响深远。

The textual research in the Qing Dynasty reached the time of great booming in the history of China, converging into a trend of thoughts as a mainstream in that period. What the scholars in the Qing Dynasty textually researched dealt with broad fields like Mengzi himself and his family background, the date of his birth and death, his touring time and places, the monarchs he served and the disciples he had during his tour, the author of Mencius and the arrangement of chapters, diction and thoughts, things and their names, textual exegesis and historical institutions. Such an extensive and thorough textual research on Mencius in the Qing Dynasty had a really widespread influence upon the history of learning in China.