学术本身成为目的才会有真学术——与前辈学术经典重逢时的治学反省

True Academic Research Appears When It Becomes the Aim of Itself——Learning Reflections When Countering Former Academic Classics

在重读前辈们的学术经典之时,激起心灵的强烈震动及治学反思。学术史并不接受事实不清、更不接受罔顾事实的知识和观点,欲研究某个学术题材,必先知道其有什么,而后才可谈是什么或为什么;学术正途是把学术成果作为自我人生的目的,而不是作为手段,把学术研究活动作为某种生活的方式,而不是仅仅作为谋生的路径,警惕急功近利应是每个真正学人的长鸣警钟;学术史是一个知识增量的过程,那些重复前人的信息是没有资格进入学术史的,最好的学术当在史料和思想上都有新的发现;敢于怀疑和挑战权威的治学精神是可贵的,因为真正的知识既是反驳的结果,也是经得起反驳的结果;可贵的学术人生是以无用之用为预期,在淡薄明德,宁静致远中展开的。

When I was reading academic classics, the strong desire of writing and the mind of research and reflection were aroused. Academic research does not accept the unclear fact, not to say the ignorance of knowledge and opinion. To study an academic subject,firstly we must know what it includes,then we study what it is or why it is so. The decent academic track is to regard academic achievements as the ultimate goal of our life rather than as a way of achieving something, to treat academic research activities as a way of living rather than simply a way of making a living. As scholars, we should alert ourselves not to seek quick success and instant benefits. Academic history is a process of knowledge increment. Those who repeat previous study is not qualified to enter academic history. The best academic research is to find new subject based on the historical data and ideas. The spirit of doubting and challenging the authority is valuable, because the real knowledge is meant to be doubted and can stand the test of challenging. The real academic life is the use without expectation, but to study and research in peaceful state.