“经世致用”与“通经致用”观念再议——以晚清湖南今古文经学论争为考察

A Reconsideration on the Practicalism from the Controvery of Classics in Hunan

"经世致用"或"通经致用"是儒家伦理中的一个本有之义,也是春秋以来中国学术思想的主流。然而"经世致用"并不完全等同于"通经致用","通经致用"更强调了"以学术为治术"中文本的重要性。晚清以来,在近代政治风云变幻的湖南舞台,"通经致用"观念下,今、古文经学的论争尤为引人注目。儒生"治术"上的南北异辙,折射出他们"学术"上对六经的差异诠释。

Practical knowledge of management of state affairs or practiclism from classics is an ancient idea in Confucianism. The mainstream ideology originated from The Spring and Autumn period before Qin Dynasty, and it effected Sinology as far as nowadays. Practicalism from classics emphasizes the text of the sutra. From late Qing Dynasty, the controversy between the new and old Confucian classics in Hunan is striking. The difference of statecraft indicates the difference of the annotation between confucian classics.