曾国藩“礼学经世”说的涵义和运用

The Implication and Application of Zeng Guofan’s Idea of "Ordering the World through the Li Learning"

曾国藩一方面强调礼是无所不包的外在规范,是建立理想社会的保证;另一方面又特别突出史籍中记载的典章制度的作用,以解决当时的现实问题。他对礼学传统的建构反映了兼容汉宋和经史联贯两大特点。在镇压太平军的战争中,曾氏贯彻"礼学经世"的主张重建军礼,反映了对制度和规范的同时重视。同时他重视湘军祭祀,还从礼学中发掘技术因素发展火器。以礼学为凭借来实现近代转型的突出优点是,不必否定本民族的传统以造成不可弥补的文化断裂。

Zeng Guofan’s construction of the tradition of the Li Learning demonstrates his efforts to integrating philology with Neo-Confucian moral philosophy and the study of Confucian classics with the study of history. It shows not only his devotion to traditional scholarship but also his attentiveness to current political and cultural crises. In suppressing the Taiping Rebellion, Zeng put into practices his idea of 'ordering the world with the Li Learning'. Transition to modern world through the channel provided by the Li Learning, if successful, would have made impossible the totalistic anti-traditionalism in the May Fourth era.