禄利之途与东汉初期经学新风

On the Connection between the New General Mood in Study of Confucian Classics and the Pursuit of Official Rank and Salary in the Early Eastern Han Dynasty

东汉初期的经学新风,表现在删繁就简、博览兼通,这种治学方法在两汉之际已经出现,但作为风气,其形成却在此期。形成的原因在于禄利劝学所导致的各学派之间的竞争。新学风的继续发展则超出了捍卫家法的初衷而导向讲求义理、统一经义。偃武修文政策下的经学,不仅表现为浮躁学风,在它之外,沉潜向学的风气也在朝野间滋长。

It became the common practice in the early Eastern Hart Dynasty to simplify the commentaries of Confusion classics by cutting the superfluous and to read extensively, as practiced by few scholars when the Western Han Dynasty was changing into the Eastern Han Dynasty. The new style of study was resulted in the competition of schools, which was brought about by the policy of encouraging studying Confusion classics by official rank and salary. The development of the new style of study led to the research of reasons and the unity of thoughts, exceeding the original intension of defending the old theories handed down from masters. Although it＇ s generally thought that under the policy of desisting from military activities and encouraging culture and education, the superficial style of leaming and researching Confusion classics was popular in Eastern Han dynasty. But at the same time, the composed style of studying was being practiced by more and more scholars and learners in or out of office.