宋翔凤的孔子素王说

Song Xiangfeng's Studies of the Theory of Confucius as an Uncrowned King

在清代今文经学从照着说到接着说的转变中,宋翔凤是第一个明确区分微言大义的经学家,他不同于刘逢禄的三科九旨统宗经学,而是以孔子素王说为经学微言的核心。有人说宋翔凤经学微言的核心是性与天道,是不正确的。正是宋翔凤的重视孔子素王说,直接开启了廖平、康有为的孔子改制说。

In the transformation of the studies of Confucian classics from loyally retelling to creatively saying somethign more in the Qing Dynasty, Song Xiangfeng was the first scholar of the studies of Confucian classics who made a clear distinction of the sublime words with deep meaning. Different from Liu Fenglu's view of 'there are nine meanings in three paragraphs in Confucian classics', he took the theory of Confucius as an uncrowned king as the core of the sublime words of Confucian classics. It is said that the core of Song Xiangfeng's views of the sublime words of Confucian classics is nature and providence, which is not correct. It is Song Xiangfeng's attaching importance to the theory of Confucius as an uncrowned king that directly started Liao Ping's and Kang Youwei's studies of Confucius' s reform theory.