梁启超清学史研究评

A Review of Liang Qichao's Research into Qing Academic History

梁启超是清代学术史研究的重镇。他注重对时代思潮的考察,又初步尝试中西比较,对清学的缘起、流派、方法等均有创见性诠释。但梁氏的研究也有不少缺陷,主要是中西比较有简单比附的嫌疑,"理学反动说"割断了清代学术与宋明理学的关系;同时文献准备不足,论证有空疏、浅薄之处。

Liang Qichao is an important figure in the research on Qing academic history. He paid great attention to the investigation of the ethos of the times, made an attempt to compare and contrast it with the history of western learning, and made original interpretations of the origin, schools, and methods of the Qing learning. But Liang's research also has many shortcomings, mainly in his simplistic comparison between Chinese and western learning and his cutting off the relationship between Qing learning and the neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties. Also, lack of document preparation leads to emptiness and shallowness in his argumentation.