经典诠释的悖论管窥——以《论语》诠释为例

On the Paradox of classical Interpretation:The Interpretation of The Analects of Confucius as an Example

历代经学家解经都以符合经典文本及其作者的原义为最高旨归,追求经典诠释的绝对客观性,但由于经典产生的历史语境的缺失和不可复制性以及诠释的个性化特征,客观上经典的原义无法完全复归,其中蕴含着主观追寻原义复归与客观上不可完全实现之间的悖论。经典诠释需要不断超越诠释悖论,克服企图通过重建经典原义以实现训释绝对客观性的障碍,通过创造性诠释,探寻坚守原义与当下创生之间合理关系的调和路径。

When classicists interpreted the classics, they held the faithfulness to the original text and to the intention of the author in writing it as the highest standard for a good interpretation in the pursuit of absolute objectivity. For the absence and the impossibility of the recreation of the historical situational context as well as the personalization in the interpretation, the absolute faithfulness tothe intention of the original text can hardly be realized from an objective point of view. This results in a paradox between the subjectivity in the pursuit of restoring the original intention in the interpretation and the objectivity of the impossibility of the absolute faith- fulness in the restoration. The interpretation of classics need to transcend this paradox and overcome the obstacle of the pursuit of the absolute faithfulness in realizing the absolute objectivity in the interpretation. Through the creative interpretation, it can find a new way out by continuing exploring the balanced relationship between the faithfulness to the original text and the flexibility in the recreation according to the contemporary context.