元代江南儒士游京师考述

The Southern Confucian Scholars Tour in the Capital in Yuan Dynasty

元朝大量江南儒士来到都城大都,成为大都政治、文化舞台上一个非常活跃的社会群体。尽管江南儒士在大都的生活遇到很多困难,但他们中的大多数人还是坚持了下来,一些人在京城做了官,更多的得官而归。京城大量江南儒士的存在,不仅在蒙古、色目人占优势的元朝都城传播了传统儒学文化,也为元朝政权实行汉法提供了重要的舆论支持。元代江南儒士游京师现象,反映了江南儒士在处境不利的情况下,改善自身生存状况、实现人生价值的努力,也表明了中国士人精英顽强的社会适应能力和传统儒学文化强大的生命力。

There were quite lots of the Southern Confucian scholars who came to tour in the capital in Yuan Dynasty. Although their intentions might be different, most of them were to seek a position in the central or the local governments. The lives were very difficult in the capital but most of them survived there till they got what they want. During their stay the Southern scholars also spread widely Confucianism among the Mongol and other officials. They became an im portant public voice to sustain the Yuan government to carry out in Chinese way.