刘师培的魏晋文化发现

Liu Shipei and His Discoveries on the Culture of Wei and Jin Dynasties

刘师培以色彩斑斓的一生抒写着民初的学术传奇,他以充沛的革命激情对魏晋学术大作翻案文章,倾注了解之同情,引发后人对魏晋六朝之学的广泛关注,重开新风而成就斐然。刘师培廓清玄学的有效因子,认为玄学的哲理况味已遥开宋明理学先河,张扬了玄学之于中华学术史上的应有地位,有利于民国文人重构新的文化接受图式。刘师培重新发现了魏晋六朝文学,客观标举了体认传统文化一个新的范式,他为民国文人全面体认中古文化的深厚文化底蕴提供契机,铺设了后人继续拓进的基石。20世纪20年代出现的魏晋文化研究热潮,凸显了魏晋文化精神的隔代嗣响,这一文化镜像折射了动荡时代内在契合的自由精神,这一热潮所包孕的民族意识展现了国粹主义的自觉姿态。尽管刘师培在玄学核心问题上突破有限,然其筚路蓝缕之力,功不可没。刘师培孜孜挖掘传统文化的现代质素,为竞逐西学的民国文人提供取资传统的文化新向度。

Liu Shipei created an academic legend with his multicolored life, who reversed a verdict on the Weiand Jin academic learning with revolutionary passions, causing future generations to pay attention to the studies of thesix dynasties. Cleaning up the effective factors in the metaphysics , he thought the philosophical condition in themetaphysics that had opened the Neo-Confucianism, who displayed the due status of metaphysics in the academichistory, which availed to reconstruct a new accept schema on cultural literati of the Republic of China. He rediscoveredthe literature in the Wei and Jin academic learning, rooted in the native culture, who restored the Wei-Jin culture theirproper academic status, which marked a new paradigm to realize the traditional culture with objective standard. Hisdiscoveries gave an opportunity for scholars of the Republic of China to realize the medieval culture deeply, whichprovided a foundation for the later generations to continue. Based on the culture research in the 1920s, whichhighlighted the effects of two generations in the culture spirit, which reflected the spirit of freedom in tumultuous times,their national consciousness showed the socialist consciousness. Although he didn’t break through the core issue on themetaphysics, however he had struggled. His pursuits on the traditional culture for modern quality gave a new dimensionfor scholars to follow the traditional culture.