經典淡出之後:過渡時代的讀書人與學術思想

After Disintegration of the Scriptures:Scholars and the Scholarly Thought in a Transitional Era

近代中国的一个重大变化，即传统经典从人们的生活中淡出，使社会处於一种无所指引的状态，引发了一系列的问题。作为一个整体的“学术思想”的出现，部分就是在填补这一空白。读书人的社会角色和社会形象，也都面临重新界定和重新认识的需要；而读书人的行为，也发生相应的转变。不论是菁英还是边缘读书人，都徘徊於读书治学和社会责任之间，往往一身而兼有士人和学人两种身份认同。

A major change in modern China was the disintegration of the traditional classical scriptures(經典),leaving society without orientation and triggering a whole range of problems.The appearance of a body of "scholarly thought" partly was meant to fill this gap.There was a clear need to redefine and reconceptualize the social role and image of scholars(讀書人),whose behavior changed accordingly.Whether the average educated persons(邊緣讀書人)or elite scholars,they all wavered between their pursuits of school learning and academic works as well as their social duties,and often found themselves having a double,split identity as literati and as academics.