学文汉宋之间:陈寿祺的文论

Chen Shouqi’s Articles and Opinions during Han and Song Dynasty

陈寿祺是清代福建第一个汉学大家,颇有一时文名。作为嘉道之间的汉学者,他表现出某种过渡性。一方面坚守汉学方法,另一方面又注意到了时弊,并反思汉学弊端,再次重视理学修身的重要性,表现出很强的经世精神。他的文论也由早期纯粹的汉学之论转变为以"立诚"、"有用"为宗旨,体现出汉宋调和的特色,而区别于同时代的古文家。

Chen Shou-qi is the first famous sinologist who was from Fujian Province in Qing Dynasty. As a sinologist who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century, Chen is a transitional scholar. On the one hand, he insisted on the classical research methods. On the other hand, he also took note of the problems of the country and refleeted the shortcomings of his school. Then he came back to the Neo-Confucianism, and marked the spirit of making study serve practical purposes. His early classical literary theory was changed to ＂Li Cheng＂ and ＂usefulness＂ and he made a compromise between the Hart Learning and the Song Learning. This is Chen Shou-qi＇s idiographie literary theory that is different from the classical prose writers.