桐城派与嘉道之际的学术格局

The Tongcheng School and the Academic Pattern in the Jiaqing and Daoguang Periods

嘉道时期,汉学与宋学的对峙日益走向公开化,"汉宋之争"也随之达到高潮。在这场论辩中,学宗程朱的桐城派全面系统地批判汉学弊病,辩护宋学道统地位,维护程朱形象,并在论争高潮后立足宋学,从经世致用角度出发兼采汉学,逐渐改善了宋学处境,促使嘉道学术格局向有利于宋学的方向转变,为宋学的复兴奠定了基石。

In the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, the controversy between Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism became obvious, and gradually reached a climax. In this debate, enshrining Neo-Confucianism actively, the Tongcheng School criticized the drawbacks of traditional Confucianism comprehensively and systematically, enhanced the Neo-Confueianism＇ s orthodox status, maintained the images of the Cheng-Zhu school, and absorbed the advantage of traditional Confucianism from the perspective of statecraft in the late period, thus gradually improving the position of Neo-Confucianism and reversing the academia structure, the development of which was beneficial to Neo-Confucianism and fundamental to its revival.