《老子》“有生于无”的文本与历史解读

A Textual and Historical Interpretation of the Phrase "You Sheng Yu Wu" in Laotze

《老子》“有生于无”一语意旨颇难理解,这主要是因为《老子》在文本上给我们留下了很多疑惑。《老子》讲“有”和“无”的关系,有时像是本源论的,有时又像是本体论的,这种本源-本体论的冲突深刻地影响了后人对它的解读。庄子明智地采取了悬置这个问题的态度,而玄学却从本源论和本体论两个方向展开了讨论。本源论的解读固然有其缺陷,本体论的解读也有其困境。

The phrase of ＂You Sheng Yu Wu＂ in Laotze is difficult to understand, because the main reason comes from the comextual obstacle of Laotze, As to the relation between ＂You＂ and ＂Wu＂, there were two opposite concepts iu Laotze; one was cosmology, and another ontology. This conflict produced a deep impact on the historical interpretation. Although ZhuangZi took the problem aside, XuanXue discussed it either from cosmology or from ontology. Neither cosmology nor ontology succeeded in the interpretation of the phrase of ＂You Sheng Yu Wu＂.