论王闿运以礼自治的思想

Self-Governance by Rite in the Thought of Wang Kaiyun

在中国近代经学史上,王闿运的经学研究自成体系,独树一帜,是晚清学术嬗变过程中极为重要的一环。他提出"经学以自治,史学以应世"的观点,强调通经致用,并指出诸经所言皆是礼,以礼治人必须先自治。五经之中,王闿运独崇《春秋》,认为致用之道在《春秋》,其思想的重点在于礼与乐盛,修文德,崇礼让,尚义轻利,邦国和谐,这与我们所认知的晚清公羊学家有明显的不同。

Wang Kaiyun＇s study on Confucian classics was unique in the history of Chinese modern Confucian classics. It is one of the important links in the academic evolution of Late Qing Dynasty. He holds that Confucian classics serve for self governance while history for today. He advocates Pragmatism and states that all kinds of Confucian classics demonstrate the idea of rite in which Self -governance is vital. Among the five great Confucian classics, Wang has the greatest esteem for Spring and Autumn and believe that the way of practical application lies in the classic that focuses on rite, virtue, comity, loyalty, and harmony, which is obviously different from the other well - known experts of Gong- Yang studies in late Qing Dynasty.