高邮王氏研究《尚书》的成就与方法

Achievements and Methods of the Wangs in Researching Shangshu

高邮王氏的家学,以《尚书》研究为其发端。考证《尚书》文字,不是拿不同版本来互校,而是以小学为依据,判以义理之是非。解读《尚书》经义,没有采用传统的注疏或章句的方式,申述成说,而是针对前人的误释,另立新说。研究《尚书》虚词,除了分析句式,以例求义而外,因声求义之法随处可见。王氏能够超越前人,原因无他,在于其研究方法的科学性。

The Wangs from Gaoyou initiated their academic research from Shangshu. Their textual research on the Chinese characters of Shangshu was based on philology instead of the comparison between different versions. To interpret the meaning of Shangshu, they didn＇t take the traditional approaches but give their own opinions as against the previous mistakes. When studying the function words, they sought their meanings in the pronunciation as well as taking advantage of example sentences. The Wangs＇ success in surpassing their predecessor results from the scientific methods they took.